Soft box shooting skills

Lead: Studio lights with soft boxes are common equipment for many photographers. From the teaching of photographer Tony Corbell, we can shoot 10 different effects with only one lamp and a soft box. Let's take a look at the shooting skills of the soft box!

1, specially designed for shooting jewelry. The main body is placed on the reflector, the soft box is placed in the back position above the main body, and then a whiteboard is placed next to the main body to fill the light. In this way, sparkling jewels can be photographed, and the image of the subject will be reflected on the reflector.

? 2. The subject faces 90 degrees from the lens, and a soft box is placed in front of the line of sight to shoot the body curve of the subject.

3. The soft box is placed in the front position above the main body and as close as possible to the main body. Placing a reflector at the chin position as an auxiliary light can highlight the lines of the main face and forehead without causing too deep a shadow.

4. The commonly used lighting method in movie stills is called monster light. Place the soft box directly under the main body, and the main body is facing the light source at the same time.

? 5. The soft light box faces the camera, and the subject stands in front of the soft light box for silhouette shooting. When shooting, lower the Ev by 1-2 to ensure that the subject is completely out of light, or the subject can shoot sideways, with his arms supported by his waist, highlighting the curves of his face and body.

6. The soft box is placed in front of the left/right side of the main body (the direction in which the main body is illuminated). If the subject and background are not too far away, a lamp can illuminate the subject and background at the same time.

7. The soft box is placed at the left/right front of the main body (illuminating the direction facing the main body), and then a large piece of transparent material (such as curtains and shower curtains) is placed. , the area is larger than the flexible box) is placed between the flexible box and the main body, which can create a very soft lighting effect, as if shooting against a big window.

? 8. If you want to shoot the effect of the seventh point and there is no suitable tool, you can shoot it by reflecting light from the white wall.

9. Designed for shooting still life. The setting method of the soft light box is similar to the first point, but the key point is to paste different shapes on the light-emitting surface of the soft light box with black tape to control the patterns formed when light and shadow are projected on the still life. For example, the word "well" is stuck on the soft box with black tape here, so that the red wine bottle looks like it was photographed by a window.

? 10. When many people take pictures, the soft light box should be placed at about 45 degrees between the subject and the camera, and the distance should be longer. The irradiation direction should not directly face the subject, so that the light can hit everyone evenly.