Over the last 20 or so years, I have acquired about 20 different softboxes, but I have never actually sat down and tested them out in the studio, one at at a time, to determine the quality of light produced by each modifier when shooting portraits. To learn how I use all of my soft boxes, please check out this video:
A few weeks ago I shared with you a test I conducted with five large modifiers to see if parabolic style soft boxes were more directional than regular soft boxes and umbrellas (https://youtu.be/Mo011YJ3PtU), the answer was yes, slightly. So today’s video will follow-up and examine the light quality differences between the modifiers.
After watching the video I would love to hear how you plan on using your modifiers in the future.
Elinchrom Rotalux Deep Octabox 100cm https://amzn.to/2UEwvas
Elinchrom Litemotiv 120cm Parabolic Softbox https://amzn.to/39FJ5e1
A grid for the 120 I salvaged from another modifier
Elinchrom Deep Umbrella (White, 49″) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XHNYHN7/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B06XHNYHN7&linkCode=as2&tag=john0d1-20&linkId=2fe1417daa80fb02efb712022ac2181a
Elinchrom Translucent Diffuser for Deep Umbrella (49″) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XDPNBR1/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B06XDPNBR1&linkCode=as2&tag=john0d1-20&linkId=affbf9d4dbf22e777c19b862067c863b
Elinchrom Rotalux 135cm Octabox https://amzn.to/2wg4E6Y
Elinchrom Indirect Litemotiv Octabox 190cm / 74-Inch https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009XVMY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00009XVMY&linkCode=as2&tag=john0d1-20&linkId=d3d6a5adb83038dcf9caeb540531e6aa
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Styling by Pablo Roberto https://www.instagram.com/proberto331/
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