Task3b

Studio Lighting Attachments-

Softbox- A Soft box is a type of lighting device used in photography. All the various soft light types create even and diffused light by directing light through some diffusing material, or by bouncing light off a second surface to diffuse the light.

Beauty Dish- As their name implies, beauty dishes are the one type of reflector that is a specialty item. Like all reflectors, the beauty dish fits on the studio flash head, but unlike the other reflector types, the beauty dish has a matte white interior finish. Beauty dishes tone down the harshness of the light to give a nice, soft, diffuse quality... perfect for portraits and nudes. Beauty dishes are kind of large, too - from 16 to 30 inches in diameter. Their size helps to create soft and smooth lighting with clean but not sharp shadows that fall off at the edges. Without a trained eye, you might not see the effects of the beauty dish compared to a properly calibrated umbrella or a soft box with a Lee filter diffusion paper on the front. The beauty dish can be a costly accessory, so you might want to rent one once or twice to get a sense of the photo lighting qualities before purchasing.

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Standard reflector dish- Standard reflectors are your everyday reflector for the studio flash head. They’re usually made of metal with a silver matte interior finish, a polished silver finish or a granular metallic finish, and they direct the light output in a 90 to 120-degree beam. A standard reflector is the typical light/reflector set-up for shining the light into bounce cards, through diffusion, and grids or cutters. One thing to know about standard reflectors is that the wider they are, the softer the light you get from the lamp unit. Additionally, the shape and interior finish can affect “softness” of the light. While standard reflectors seem very basic in their usage, they should become a staple in your studio lighting set-ups.

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Snoot- In photography, a snoot is a tube or similar object that fits over a studio light or portable flash and allows the photographer to control the direction and radius of the light beam. These may be conical, cylindrical, or rectangular in shape. Snoots can isolate a subject when using a flash.

Soft Light- Soft light is light that creates shadows with a gradual transition from light to dark. There are no hard shadow lines. It is created from a scattered or diffused light source. Soft light is found where the lighting is indirect or where it passes through a diffuser,clouds or some other medium which scatters the light. Diffused light can be light that has bounced off one or more surfaces before it hits a photographic target. Soft light may be created by many light sources which prevents the harsh shadows created by a single hard light source. A soft light source is large relative to the subject being lit and/or close to the subject.

Hard Light- Hard light creates shadows with a sharp edge. There is a negligible transition from light to dark. Hard light is created by strongly focussed light travelling from a small or relatively small, single-point light source like the Sun, a focussed beam of light, or an undiffused light bulb. Hard light is found where the lighting is direct, undiffused, and is not bouncing or scattered by local objects or conditions. The flash on your camera is a hard light source. When direct and undiffused by clouds the sun is also a hard light source. A hard light source is relatively small and/or large and distant.