Softboxes - the underestimated light shapers for portrait photography

Softboxes are probably the most frequently used light shapers in portrait photography. Nevertheless, their creative potential is often not fully utilised, or the light characteristics are not really understood. The purpose of this webinar with live shooting was to change this.

[@josephchan4198]

Glad these videos are back. Awesome work!! Wish you great success this year and next.

[@josephchan4198]

I am glad you have these courses to get ideas and refresh memory on lighting. Thanks.

[@josephchan4198]

I am glad this pop up again to refresh my memory on studio portrait. Great work. Thanks.

[@josephchan4198]

Thank you for having these courses, and great job on the sports and Taekwondo video also. Awesome work Urus and Broncolor.

[@geranraath]

Thank you Urs and Broncolor. Always such valuable and excellent information from true a professional.

[@broncolorworld]

Our pleasure!

[@josephchan4198]

I always learn something. Thanks Urus, model, and Broncolor for seminar.

[@luizfreire7304]

Thanks again Urs for a very concise and professional presentation. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[@broncolorworld]

Thank you kindly!

[@tonyroscaphotography]

Urs you always amaze me with your knowledge about lighting principles! Always a big fun of your work! looking forward for next webinar

[@kennedygrant7526]

Extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@saruraj1]

Nicely explained thanks Urs

[@carlosagsmendes]

Thank you very much for this webinar, lots of food for thought! I'm intrigued about the setup with two white panels and 3 lights (behind, main and filling). Are you using the three reflectors without any modification?

[@broncolorworld]

Yes, the three reflectors used are non-modified P70 standard reflectors.

[@marcoramos7135]

Is there a light modifier to correct the red eye and / or the double shadow when using the ring light ?

[@andyvan5692]

Urs, what head have you got behind the soft box, and what pack?, as we don't know what the light quality is for each head/power pack, also what head/pack is advised for what size modifier?

[@SilverVoxMusic]

Hi Urs. Enjoying this new series of videos. One question, I understand that by moving the light source closer it increases the relative size of the source and as a result less lighting power is required, resulting in a reduction of the intense highlights on the spectacles. Increasing the ISO would also mean that less light power would be needed, could this be an alternative if the light source could not be moved closer or would it not have any impact on the intensity of the highlights. Thanks. Andrew.

[@broncolorworld]

Hi Andrew, “Cheating” with a higher ISO value will not work here. This simply compensates for the lower power setting on the strobe. To lower the intensity of the highlights you really have to bring the light closer - or make the light shaper bigger at the same distance.

[@SilverVoxMusic]

@@broncolorworld thanks Urs.

[@andyvan5692]

at 18:19 can that glare on the glasses, and the soft box spot be removed with a c-pl filter?, like landscape shooters do?, as a way of removing the unwanted light, but keeping the size of the soft box, and hence the budget (of the photographer!, and the client)- as you use less expensive gear.

[@carlwarrenphoto]

Did you hurt your foot ?