That applies to everything from small products like watches to large ones like cars. There are two types of photography in fashion: editorial and catalog. Catalog photography happens indoors and removes distracting elements from the image, while editorial photography tells a story featuring the outfit or the fashion accessory.
While editorial photos can be taken outdoors, catalog photography requires better control of lighting, and softboxes allow photographers to leverage three-point lighting to create a compelling image that looks three dimensional. A picture would look flat with direct flash light, and with an undiffused directional light, it would look unprofessional. While you should have a softbox at some point in your career, you should know their drawbacks to make an informed decision. With the degree of control that softboxes provide comes the disadvantage where an informed audience can see that the photos are professionally lit.
Softbox and artificial lighting make for an elaborate setup that takes time to pack, unpack, assemble, and carry. Read this article to see how softboxes compares to reflectors!
While DSLR photography is becoming more accessible, the mastery of the art form depends on how well you can control the light. Artificial light and flash prove helpful in specific contexts but are too harsh and directional. To make your photos look pleasing, you must soften the light with a diffuser in most cases and with a softbox if you use artificial lights for product or fashion photography.
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Hello fellow creaters! Aaron Star October 4, at pm. What lights are you looking at specifically? Illya Pushkar October 6, at am. Mark Suszko October 6, at pm. Illya Pushkar October 7, at am. This is what it looks like fyi - the diffuser is dome-shaped.
Also, do share it with people who might be interested. Speedlight diffusers come in various shapes, such as domes, cuboids or cylinders. You mount them on a speedlight flash head usually with screws or magnets.
The flash light goes through the diffuser before it reaches your subject, which scatters the light. The light is made weaker overall, and provides shadow fill where effectively bounced.
Light from a speedlight flash is very directional; it comes from the flash head towards the subject. With a diffuser, the light becomes way less directional. The light is scattered across all directions from the flash, now only a fraction of the total flash output hits directly onto the subject. The effect that a diffuser has is that it decreases the intensity of flash light hitting the subject. The image may appear dimmer with a diffuser on than without.
Where bounce material is available close to the subject, the diffused rays of light from the flash may be effectively bounced back onto shadow areas of the subject to provide shadow fill. Ideally, the bounce material needs to be held close enough to the flash and the subject for the diffuser to be able to make a difference, because the flash is a relatively weak and specular light source. It needs to operate within a contained space in order to make a visible difference. Alternatively, it will help if the diffused flash is used in a small room with low ceilings and white walls, which brings the bounced light back onto the subject.
The result is more even illumination, as some light has been redirected from the highlights areas to the shadow areas. It does not do harm per se, but where not used properly, it cuts down the amount of light hitting your subject and causes a waste of flash power. It is also an excessive weight to carry around. It needs to be used with a reflector for it to do its job.
Otherwise, flash diffusers do little to photos. As explained above, the set of circumstances under which a flash diffuser can have an effect on your photos is rather specific. One, there needs to be a material that is able to bounce that light off, and two, everything needs to be close enough so that the light is not dissipated into the environment.
Where these criteria are not met, the flash diffuser becomes a pointless bit of extra weight on top of your flash head, which can weigh you down where the setup is hung on your shoulders over long hours. Flash diffusers usually have little use outdoors even with a reflector. A softbox allows you to create soft and pleasant lighting for shooting your subjects without harsh shadows.
The softness of light can be increased by moving the softbox closer to your subject and when placed properly can achieve the effect of natural light coming through a window.
Softboxes comes in different shapes but usually come in square or octagon shapes. They are constructed from translucent cloth covering a photography light source. Most softboxes are used with a strobe light or speedlight that is mounted on a light stand. The translucent cloth is framed around a wire box and one side is white and the other black.
When the strobe or speedlight is powered on the light is reflected off the cloth and sent in all directions and illuminates your subject in soft, even light.
Softboxes come in many sizes making it possible to achieve the exact lighting you need. They come as small as handheld models all the way up to large wall mounted softboxes.
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