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Using a snoot on a speedlite...

  • 07-11-2013 11:03am
    #1
    kelly1
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    Hello all,

    just thought I'd post this, someone might find it useful. I did a workshop last night to show the different ways of using a speedlite for portraits and I wanted to show the dramatic effect of using a snoot/flag on the speedlite.

    I'm talking about this piece of expensive equipment :)

    Shot without snoot:

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    Shot with snoot:

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    I think you'll agree that the lighting in the 2nd shot is far superior. The problem with the first shot is that the light on the shadow side of his face is coming from directly from the flash which is a small light source. And as we all know, small light source = hard light. The light on the bright side of his face is fine because it's bouncing off a door giving a a large light source and large/wide light = soft light.

    I hope that's of some use to someone! :)


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