Different Types of Softboxes | Ask David Bergman

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Today's question from Allen B. is, "I'm just starting out with off-camera flashes and am looking at light modifiers. I know there are several different sizes of softboxes, as well as different shapes like rectangular and octa. How do I navigate through the options to find the best ones for me?"
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00:00 Intro
00:28 Dean Edwards
02:07 Westcott studio lights
03:34 What is a softbox?
05:20 Photo umbrella vs softbox
06:00 Small octa softbox
07:12 Rembrandt lighting
08:22 Large octa softbox
09:44 Light wrap
11:28 Rectangular softbox
13:34 Rectangular vs octa softbox
14:57 Strip light
16:00 Catchlight shape
17:10 Product photography
18:36 More of Dean Edwards
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Пікірлер: 33

@johannesbrndbo7184 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciated this episode. Especially because of Dean, great energy throughout the episode! The interactions with Dean makes it such a pleasure to watch.

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@christianmejia4839 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining and great question by Dean. I’m also just starting out with flash and soft box. 📸

@Black_Jesus3005 Жыл бұрын

I plan on buying my first light/s soon. This is Great info. Thanks David.

@DaveKingMusic Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Bought a rectangle soft box last night!

@chrisschindler7634 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! Just starting out learning flash photography.

@Adorama Жыл бұрын

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@ChaitanyaShukla2503 Жыл бұрын

Never really paid attention to shapes as I being a macro photographer I haved used either rectangular or square shaped softboxes and they just worked for me.

@amberly0317 Жыл бұрын

I love how interactive Dean was throughout this!

@kurtlindner Жыл бұрын

6ft tall ceiling?! Where are you shooting headshots, The Shire? -I couldn't help myself, feeling the comedy, Dean rubbing off on me. Great video, good information.

@DavidBergmanPhoto Жыл бұрын

Fair point! :)

@jacquelinemartin9793 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Answers so many questions I've had. My question is, you mentioned Rembrandt Lighting (at the 7:19 mark) and it being aprox 45 degrees over and 45 degrees up. Could you elaborate on this please? I understand the 45 Degrees over, but the 45 degrees up confuses me a bit. is it that it's angled at 45 degrees downwards towards the subject? Also, is there a best distance for a a soft box to be from your subject to provide the softest/most flattering light? Thank you

@alaehatoum5429 Ай бұрын

Very helpful, thank you for sharing

@CreativeDEZ Жыл бұрын

Great video, great energy, and great advice

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@dunnymonster Жыл бұрын

Great guest model 👍

@charlieross-BRM Жыл бұрын

I always have assumed they are called soft boxes because they are made of 'soft' materials so they are light weight and collapsible. I remember times being in permanent studios where the lights were inside flat rigid panels built to the size of refrigerators. My choices are what ever I anticipate I can deploy on location as a one man shooter and not make a scene while I'm doing it. That's low to medium budget situations.

@debbieshriner1308 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video!! And great model!!!

@SenorGancho Жыл бұрын

Nicely done David. I appreciated the side by side comparisons which really helps to highlight the learning points. As one gets into the larger soft boxes does a C-stand offer more flexibility for controlling the light set up? PS rectangle is a parallelogram with 4x90° so indeed in this solar system, maybe even the galaxy :-) a square is indeed a rectangles. Thank you

@DavidBergmanPhoto Жыл бұрын

C Stands don't have any impact on controlling the light. They're just a bit more heavy duty and work better when using a boom arm. And thanks for the science info. :)

@samykingson5427 Жыл бұрын

thank you .

@felixrodriguez782 Жыл бұрын

David there are white and silver softboxes in the octa which is more flexible to shoot with. plus how wide should the square softbox best fill in light and still be portable for outdoor plus indoor shooting. Guessing that distance to the subject is what affects the fallout of the light

@DavidBergmanPhoto Жыл бұрын

I think silver gives you more versatility. You can remover the diffusion to get a very specular light. The add one or two layers of diffusion to make it basically the same as white interior.

@DavidBergmanPhoto Жыл бұрын

And yes, distance matters of course. How big? As big as you think is "portable." :)

@felixrodriguez782 Жыл бұрын

@@DavidBergmanPhoto So it would allow me to be give the image more of coverage of light to balance the subject. moving the light would allow me to soften the light fall on the subject as well thanks David