{"id":4097,"date":"2014-09-16T20:43:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T19:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2014-09-16T20:53:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T19:53:54","slug":"drama-with-grids-home-studio-essentials-pt-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4097","title":{"rendered":"Drama With Grids \u2013 Home Studio Essentials \u2013 PT 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For almost all of my studio works, soft light is what I want but every now and then it&#8217;s great to break that mold and do something with a bit more edge with grids or snoots. Fortunately my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/FPLFSL360K1.html?KBID=67338\">Adorama Streaklights<\/a><\/strong> have \u00a0purpose designed tools to do the job.<\/p>\n<p>In the studio grids are an essential tool, they help me light small areas with maximum precision and control. Usually I use grids in combination with a softbox as the key light but occasionally I&#8217;ll just use the grids for some dramatic effects.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K-C9xgTCLfM&amp;list=PL821B7D720DEA39FA[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>One of the downsides of a small studio is just how easy it is to accidentally bounce light off a wall or ceiling, ruining the effect you hope to achieve. With their tighter beam of light, grids and snoots might just be the answer you&#8217;re looking for if you want to get moody lighting in your\u00a0small home studio space. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final-640x442.jpg\" alt=\"HSE-EP6-Final\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final-640x442.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final-200x138.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final-625x432.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final-180x124.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final-960x664.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final-350x242.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/HSE-EP6-Final.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Gear used in this video (Links back to Adorama)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/FPLFSL360K1.html?KBID=67338\">Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Flash<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Includes flash and battery)<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/FPLFSL180K1.html?KBID=67338\">Flashpoint Streaklight 180 WS<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/FPHCSL.html?KBID=67338\"><strong>Streaklight<br \/>\nGrid\/Gel Set<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/FPBD11SL.html?KBID=67338\"><strong>Streaklight Beauty Dish\/Grid Set<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/ICA5DM3.html?KBID=67338\">Canon 5D Mark 2\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/CA24105AFU.html?KBID=67338\">Canon 24-105L\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For almost all of my studio works, soft light is what I want but every now and then it&#8217;s great to break that mold and do something with a bit more edge with grids or snoots. Fortunately my Adorama Streaklights have \u00a0purpose designed tools to do the job. In the studio grids are an essential &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4097\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Drama With Grids \u2013 Home Studio Essentials \u2013 PT 6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,41,70,23,145,36,34,37,78,24,63,3],"class_list":["post-4097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-adorama","tag-background","tag-canon","tag-featured","tag-lighting","tag-photography","tag-photoshop","tag-portrait","tag-speedlight","tag-spotlight","tag-texture","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097","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=4097"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4104,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4097\/revisions\/4104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}