[rollei_list] Softbox Louver Effectiveness Questions
- From: "John A. Lind" <jalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 01:56:03 -0500
Question for someone with some studio lighting experience:
I've never used a softbox on monolights before and have a small one (16x22
inches) I'd like to use for some studio shots to control the light better
than my umbrellas can . . . to keep it off of the very low key backdrop. I
set up the light and backdrop just to see how it looked. The light from the
box wrapped around the subject material well, but the full softbox with
plain white face has more light spilling toward the backdrop than I would
like . . . even though the face is set back in from the sides by about
1.5-2 inches. I can get some louvers for it (along with strip and circle
mask) without bankrupting the domestic treasury.
Questions:
(a) How well do softbox louvers actually control light spill to the sides
of the softbox compared to just the plain face and compared to using barn
doors on the softbox?
(b) Should I be considering making some barn doors for the softbox instead?
(Note: Photoflex doesn't make barn doors for my softbox; I'd have to
fabricate them.)
-- John Lind
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