"The more beautiful the model, the more aggressive you can be with the light", sage advice Karl - so true! A wonderful comparison with complete details. I appreciate your willingness to adjust your favorite modifier based on these results with this model. Clearly you have studied the results objectively. Bravo!
Dear Karl, I've become accustomed to seeing a new, much appreciated, video of your hand appearing about every week. I haven't seen a new video for a few weeks now. I hope that you and your loved ones are doing well, and that there is no unpleasant reason behind it. Thanks again for all your great work. Best regards, Jacques
There are a handful of top photographer channels I watch. I go to each one for different things. Karl, the information you provide and the way you provide it are unparalleled. This is a University level education you are providing and it looks like myself and thousands of others really value it. Thank you.
Thank you Karl very much appreciated. The sheer amount of work involved to produce this comparison is remarkable. You not only provided the broadened knowledge in modifiers but also went in depth with each one of them. Unbelievable.
Karl this is great! I have about 18-20 modifiers and I know what they all do but seeing 25+ modifiers with the same model same shooting conditions is a great way to compare. Thanks for taking the time to do this!
Those Para's are absolutely stunning when it comes to the light quality and sculpting effect they produce. Maybe one day I can afford one, Lol. Another great demonstration, Karl. Appreciate what you do, and I really enjoy listening and watching you. Love this channel.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Broncolor are definitely worth the investment however there are also other decent lighting modifier manufacturers out there to choose from
The fascinating thing I just noticed in this about the true paras in the soft position is that you get extremely soft, flattering, but still crisp light on the model…BUT, you ALSO get a WAY darker background because from the vantage point of the background which is further away behind the model, the ring of light created inside the para falls outside of the modifier so to speak. From the vantage point of the background you wouldn't even see a ring of light, or any light really, reflecting off the modifier. It's a truly extraordinary phenomenon, seeing how really soft light is almost impossible to control in a studio. Even with v flats, far away walls, high ceilings, and black moving blankets on the floor, a standard soft light source has more surface area firing light on every portion of the background, providing far less falloff of light. But in the case of even a large, soft, true para, that simply isn't the case! So amazing! It's almost the same effect a grid has, but the problem with grids is they make the light harder on the subject because only so much of the illumination is visible from any particular point, unlike a para where the full light circle is unblocked within that plane of focus. Grids also still don't stop the center of the modifier firing fully onto the background, whereas this phenomenon with the para literally shuts it off from the background… Thanks for sharing these comparisons! As a studio photographer, I use paras as well as other modifiers regularly, but seeing the paras in this particular lineup, one modifier after the other, really shocked me when you got to them because of how suddenly the background was super dark but the subject super soft. I will definitely be using this knowledge to my advantage! 🔥
Correct me if im wrong, but i think the reason why the flutter and pulso shadow definition is less when in focus position rather than in flood position, is because when used in focus position the light is focused in central point but also creating penumbra in the outer portion. In contrary, when used in flood position due to frenel lens front optics it creating a collimated light that throws light straight forward hence the real function of fresnel light modifier. Anyway i did really enjoy your educational content and i do learn a lot from you in my photography journey. Best regards from Indonesia, Karl.
Wow, what huge work was done to make this video. Thanks a lot for doing that. Now it'll be easier to choose another modifier for my equipment. Best regards from Mother Russia
Wow! A phenomenal video Karl. There's certainly a lot of information in this. Although I understand the scientific principles, suddenly! Diffusion, contrast, inverse square law and parabolic focusing makes a whole lot more sense. This is definitely, "each modifier is equal to a thousand words" on light sculpture.
Man this guy is insane , the information you get from one of his videos is equivalent of 20 random videos in youtube. I subed to his website but my brain need little break after this one
This is great video and education to understanding help photographer 👍👍 After I see this video now is more make sense between the all each differences modifiers
Only at Karl Taylors, great video. What an eye opener seeing all those lights next to each other in comparison. Superb app too. You keep surprising us Karl, thanks for sharing.
I wasn't expecting that. I knew for sure the Para 133 would be my favorite. The 30 x 120 and the Flooter Fresnel shots thoroughly surprised me. I figured they would finish near last. Wrong. The Para 88 looks awesome.
The most respected lighting platform for professional photographers. He is not lying, I've got massively gained my knowledges and philosophy of photography by Karl. The monthly fee is NOTHING in front of the value you'll get on KTE. Trust me!
Thank you so much for your work - Not only for this Video! 👍 💪💪 Seeing these lightformers in comparison is outstanding! Hensel does have a PDF-sheet for downloading about the same subject, also.
Great tour of your flashes that you have and the different results. I set up a big flash shooting into cheap silver umbrella through a scrim and got the nicest soft wrap around light. Have you tried that? Or is it a waste of time considering other methods available?
Scrim lighting is covered extensively on our platform. Although it can be used as a large soft light source it's primary purpose is in creating gradient reflections in glossy surfaces such as product photography.
Awesome modifier comparison, thank you for this Karl & team! I have the Octa 150 and Para 88 which are two of my fav modifiers, but I also have the Octa 75 and rarely use it... until now. I like the punchier contrast from it. Go #TeamBroncolor!
An excellent video, I love the idea of the horizontal strip box, one of my favourite lights but never thought to use it like that 😀. Karl Taylor Education is a wonderful source of information and step by step tutorials and well worth the investment, I will certainly subscribe again when I am ready and able!
Hey Karl, I'm a big fan of your portfolio and your contributions towards putting out free education for photographers however I was concerned if the distance of between you and the model factored in lens distortion as the shots were hand-held. I'm concerned about this because I thought it affected how much her face pops out of the photo in conjunction with the amount of contrast from the modifier.
Brilliant video, Karl. The Para 133 has been listed as “more on the way” for as long as I can remember. So I’m going with another manufacturer here in the states for now. Thanks for this, cheers.
There isn't "another manufacturer." 😂 Broncolor is practically "it." I use Glow Profond which is really really really close, probably the closest. But nobody does parabolic reflector like Broncolor. The others are generally not the correct exact shape.
Absolute legend! One thing came to mind. What if you use an edge mask that only reveals the edge of the softbox, umbrella etc. to mimic the para in soft position?
Is it possible to do a video continuing as a series part to this video. Not super extensive but to show some comparisons when adjusting exposure levels in post?
I'm very tempted to get a standar reflector with a good selection of honeycomb to get into studio light photography 🤔...this video is soo amazing but also give all many choices that is hard to choose
If you don't have to continually set it up and break it down AND you prefer the "hard"/"focused" look more than the mid or defocused looks the Parabolix 45" is a good buy. If you've got to set it up and take it down a lot and/or the mid or defocused looks are where you'll be using the P133 there's no real substitute.
Thank you for the work you have done for us. I really would like to know this before I invested in my studio 😀😀 But I wanted to ask you whether all the pictures were edited with same settings, because some of them look more green than other and I wonder if it is the effect of the light or some settings. Would really apreciate your answer, because if the settings are exactly the same and color changed because of the modifiers, then I suppose I need to recognize that I don't know anything about light and modifiers)))
great effort, bet the model felt realy 'flash' after all of that shooting!!, but seriously other than the continuous lights and the pico light, what head/monolight flash did you put the umbrellas and the soft boxes onto? as I can't see any mention of this in the description either. and also if you could a follow up with flash/modifiers for still life and product photography would complete the set, especially as fashon is mostly what videos concentrate on, and would be an added insite into your and urs 's broncolor tutorials on composing these kind of shots, as you have the flash and modifier ready to go, and for us starting out as pros, or these genre's of photography a look into the options is a good place to start.
