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DAY 97 | FASHION & BEAUTY |
Essential Light Modifiers
OCTAGONAL SOFT BOXES
Octagonal soft boxes resemble umbrellas but use rods that are supported by a rigid, metal collar designed to fit specific manufacturers of strobe lights. Boxes range from 30 inches to 80 inches in width. The box is placed over the strobe and the light shoots forward through a white diffusion panel that is on the front of the box. Some boxes have an internal diffuser, or baffle, that softens the light even further (see page 218).
Each diffusion panel decreases the intensity and power of the light by at least one f/stop. Each panel also lowers the color balance from ...
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