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Category: Gear

Do parabolic soft boxes make a difference? Do they create narrower, more focused soft light?

Parabolic softboxes

For the last few years, often times, I have used a parabolic style soft box as a main light. Last year I mentioned in a video that I liked using it because its quite directional and I feel like I can use this property to better control light. Some people disagreed with me, so I made this video to examine if it really is more directional than standard soft boxes.

Which Mola for your moolah? Comparing three different beauty dishes during a portrait photoshoot

mola beauty dishes

Three years ago I bought a Mola Setti and Rayo 15″ beauty dishes, because I wanted to upgrade from my Profoto Silver Softlight. While it was a step-up, I had no idea what I really had until I tested them a few weeks ago against my friends Mola Demi with an Opal diffusion disc.

My 2020 holiday photography gift guide

Favorite things 2020 holiday gift guide

I wanted to share with you guys my top 10 favorite pieces of cool gear that I added to my kit in 2020!

Sharpest 85mm lens for Canon R5 RF 85mm f2 Macro v RF 1.2 L USM v EF Sigma Art 1.4 EOS Review

Canon 85mm shootout

After watching several YouTube Reviews where people only shot these lenses at f2, I decided to make a review where we test everything from f1.2 to f16 while shooting Portraits of a model in my studio.

TRIGGER WARNING BOKEHOLICS: Three reasons why prime lenses are not just for bokeh.

TRIGGER WARNING BOKEHOLICS: Three reasons why prime lenses are not just for bokeh.

In today’s video we’re gonna talk about why prime lenses are not just for bokeh.

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