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| Category: | Studio Lighting and Flash |
Shooting with two softboxes - A softbox is a useful studio light accessory and two is even better as Chris Burfoot AMPA ASWPP explains.
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I agree with MikeOtley -- far too brief and subjectively definitive. I often employed two softboxes for my studio/location work and rarely used the simplistic set up illustrated here. The film industry used this equipment for years before still photographers copied them. At first, softboxes were called 'broadlights'. A good tip for using two of them (on the subject illustrated) is to put them side-by-side 90 degrees from the subject and as close as possible. This encircles the subject and produces a quality of light similar to northern light. The subject will literally glow. Great for glamour and portraiture. Oops... now I'm being subjective!
brevity Vic? side-by-side, close as possible, 90 degrees from subject. You mean touching each other then?
Hi Brownie. Sorry, I should have said 'as close to the subject as possible'. The two soft boxes can touch so that they become one broadlight.
Diffused light becomes less and less effective the further it is away from the subject. Eventually it becomes a weak, point light source.
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