Is butterfly cloth a soft light accessory?

Butterfly cloth is a soft light accessory.

Butterfly cloth: It is a large-scale soft light equipment. Its main function is to scatter and soften natural light or artificial light without affecting the direction and color of the illumination. It can also be used for light blocking, light reduction and other needs. It is suitable for outdoor shooting, especially for film shooting under strong sunlight. It can also be used as a large soft light screen and background cloth under indoor and outdoor artificial light sources, which can significantly improve the light quality. Butterfly cloth is a special kind of soft light board, generally used to block sunlight in direct sunlight on outdoor scenes.

A soft light board, using thin white plastic cloth, nylon cloth, etc., between the sun and the subject can soften the light and reduce the contrast. A diffuser is a flat plate made of translucent material that allows hard direct light to pass through, allowing us to obtain soft light. In this way, it has actually become a light source, allowing photographers to take beautiful natural light portraits in extreme light conditions like noon.