Thank you for a straightforward video with pictures and little fluff ! Was trying to decide if I needed to trade out my 84” softbox for a shoot through umbrella and I think I’ll stick with the softbox! :)
Absolutely love OnSet. This episode is just one of the reasons why. I bet there are thousands of photographers out there, me included, that are just beginning to delve in to studio work and flash, and just wouldn't know the basics like this. Sorted in 6 minutes and 16 seconds. Thank you Daniel and Mackenzie. 🖖
I just bought my first beginners kit and this video was fantastic for understanding the different usages. I’m looking forward to watching more now! Thanks!!
I follow quite a few pro photographers on utube and I’ve learned a lot from them. But you my friend are among the best! Your knowledge and the way you explain things is easy to understand, your funny and pleasant personality is an added plus. I will continue being a follower to learn from you as I march on shooting more portraits as the calls come in.
I'm sold! Wish I had watched this video before I purchased my umbrella starter kit, just order soft box started kit, can't wait to try it out. Next investment will be strobes :)
Thanks for the very clear demonstration, Daniel and MacKenzie! I've grown to prefer your brighter and more specular portrait style, and this clearly shows what the soft box/grid combo can do, compared to the umbrella.
Please tell me what type of clamp you are using to secure the umbrella to the C stand. I can't find anything that looks like the one you are using. Thanks for the cool videos.
Great video Daniel, I am subscribing now. I got a question, what about the softbox 30x60? Would you rather it more than de octagon you using? It would be for fashion photography for my case not groups. Thanks for your help👏👍
@ Marcelino Nogueiro I agree I would like to see the use of a reflective umbrella Also using it opened and collapsed so you can direct the light better and should darken the background like a softbox.
Nigel Atkinson Photography deep umbrella will have a narrower throw.. but not the “edge” control that a soft box has. The diffuser will make it less speculator, but also will likely widen the throw.
Hi Daniel, I understand the umbrella results, but it does make me wonder. Would a non shoot through deep umbrella focus the light closer to the softbox ? Thanks again....
Maybe a silly question - the last time I tried this setup, my model's shadow was very harsh and visible on the backdrop. In this video, there's absolutely no shadow at all and the model is standing very close to the backdrop. Am I missing something?
A variety of reasons I can imagine. Maybe your flash focal length was set up with a narrow throw like 50mm?? So you got a spotlight effect. I usually use a 35 or 24 mm focal length on my flash.
I'm assuming you mean a reflective umbrella with a diffuser over it - if so, then all the diffuser is doing is diffusing the light. That is to say it's making the light less specular. The diffuser won't change the spread of the light. If you want more control, then perhaps a deep reflective umbrella or parabolic umbrella would be better. Or you could try collapsing the umbrella some and shoot through that.
He is on F11 1/250. That makes the picture heavily underexposed (black) with that ambient light. That is intentional since he wants to use the flash as the only light source in this case.
Why All the talk about the reflective umbrella and No show? That we have a wast difference between a shoot through and a softbox is obvious. Now show the reflective, what you can and what you can not do compared to the softbox. Remember to change flash-umbrella distance and try a silver without diffust etc. Youre not done yet Daniel!!! ;-)
Hi Daniel! Thanks for the video. As I know the Profoto light has high quality and temperature consistency, but I can't understand why the photo was made with an umbrella is looking colder than another one was made with a softbox? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A1-5LsCjBc4.html Does a light modifier have an impact on light's temperature?
One year after but better late... Well the answer is that modifiers can have impact on the light temperature but in this case, I think that Daniel forgot his white balance on auto (it's just too much of an impact)
