Portrait Photography

for example barn doors generally clip onto these, or
honeycombs are slotted onto the inside ring.

If used independently from these modifiers the light
producedfromthespillisaharshdirectlight,suitedonlyto
light the background.

Fig. 4.2

Image of a spill without any

additional modifiers.

Softboxes

Thesoftboxisaverycommontoolwhenshapingthelight
for portraiture. As the name suggests, it will give the
photographerasoftlightwithsmoothshadowsandamore
graduated contrastthansome of themoreharshlighting
tools such as a snoot or spill.