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it comes to portraits, need to be large
to deliver a nice soft evenly spread
light. The larger the surface area of the
softbox, the more diffussed the light
will be. This is why clouds are called
nature’s softboxes because they diffuse
the harsh sunlight on a cloudy day. But
if you want hard light, you can always
use the light bare or with an umbrella
reflector. These modifiers have different
interiors: silver or white. Silver tends
to be much more punchy and gives off
incredible amounts of detail. White tends
to be better for skin of all types unless
you want everyone to see your portrait
subject’s pores. But let’s get back to
shape for a second. If your light modifier
is large enough in comparison to the size
of your subject, the shape won’t matter
that much because the light source is
being projected at such a large size. But
if the smaller, then it indeed does matter.
Softboxes and beauty dishes will
direct light forward
Octabanks will direct light forward in
more of a circular fashion
Umbrellas straight forward the light
to a particular spot and then let it
spread out everywhere
They all have their own different looks
and in general most photographers
will be very happy with light umbrellas
and softboxes. Octabanks tend to
emphasise more of a fashion-style look.
Again though, they are how you can get
more with a single flash as far as different
looks and light performance go.Wide Angle Diffuser
If you’re using a hot shoe flash,
you’ve got one more tool that works:
it’s called the wide angle diffuser. With
lighting consider this other golden
rule:
The larger the light source is, the
softer the light will be.
The smaller the light source is, the
harder the light will be.
Light’s hardness or softness has to
do with how transparent the shadows
are. By using your flash’s wide angle
diffuser, you can make the light cover a
larger area and therefore make it softer
in some situations. It’s something that
professionals do often.Depth of Field
Acquiring those portraits with a bokeh
is something that you can do with any
lens to begin with, but when it comes to
portraits you can form a subject pop from
the background so much by just using
productive lighting. To be fair, flash and
ambient light can be blended together
very well, but when a flash is added to a
scene it can add extra pop to a subject.
Not only by using depth of field, but
also by adding in a single light can make
a large difference. It can be done with a
single flash, and by combining that tool with
effective depth of field. You can make your
subject pop out of the background. This will
give an interesting twist to your image.TEXT: SAnChiT MiShrA