{"id":3998,"date":"2014-06-24T12:09:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T11:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2014-06-24T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T11:09:48","slug":"the-softbox-home-studio-essentials-episode-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=3998","title":{"rendered":"The Softbox – Home Studio Essentials – Episode 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a reason why the softbox is my “go to” light modifier in my small home studio and it’s all to do with one of the biggest\u00a0challenges photographers face when shooting in small spaces. With lots of wall close to the light source small studios can become one big reflector with light bouncing all over the place. Whilst that can be great for evenly lit shots it’s a disaster if you want moody lighting or even just basic control of the light direction. Softboxes like the Westcott Apollo Orb I’m using for this shoot,\u00a0focus the light forward and cut out light spilling behind and to the sides. The upshot is beautiful soft light that has direction even in a small studio.<\/p>\n

In this video I use\u00a01 meter wide round softbox to give just the right amount of light on the model to achieve the effect I want. Of course in the real world\u00a0of studio portraits getting the light right never happens first time so run through a couple of different light positions to see what works as well as cover the Photoshop processing to enhance the vintage feel.<\/p>\n

[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z0MTQFYnvQA&list=UU8Pksdbj37CdE00kmE7Z1dw[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

For this series of videos I want you to do more then just watch it, I’m hoping you’ll get your camera and take a photo based on the ideas you see in the video. That might be the lighting set up, the models pose or the Photoshop post processing. If you do (and you’re on Facebook) then please add them to Adorama’s Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>. I’ll be checking it regularly and giving constructive feedback on as many as possible<\/p>\n

\"Softbox-demo-retro\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gear used in this video (Links back to Adorama)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Creative Collection<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Includes flash, battery, trigger, boom etc)<\/p>\n

Westcott Apollo Orb Softbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Canon 5D Mark 2\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Canon 24-105L\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If like me you like to keep a visual record of you’re lighting set ups then this image should come in very handy.<\/p>\n

\"Softbox-lighting-diagram-onelight\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a reason why the softbox is my “go to” light modifier in my small home studio and it’s all to do with one of the biggest\u00a0challenges photographers face when shooting in small spaces. With lots of wall close to the light source small studios can become one big reflector with light bouncing all over … Continue reading The Softbox – Home Studio Essentials – Episode 3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,23,145,36,37,78,24,3,102],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-adorama","tag-featured","tag-lighting","tag-photography","tag-portrait","tag-speedlight","tag-spotlight","tag-video","tag-vintage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4008,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions\/4008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}