Softbox: Difference between revisions
imported>Errantios m →top: captions "soft box" -> "softbox" as title and as generally found online |
imported>Wik enbal cites |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
[[File:Comparison of softbox to direct flash.jpg|thumb|Photograph of fruit with (top) and without (bottom) softbox lighting]] | [[File:Comparison of softbox to direct flash.jpg|thumb|Photograph of fruit with (top) and without (bottom) softbox lighting]] | ||
A '''softbox''' is a type of [[photography|photographic]] [[lighting]] modifier, one of a number of photographic [[soft light]] devices. All the various soft light types create even and [[photon diffusion|diffused]] light<ref>Brooks, David. ''How to Control and Use Photographic Lighting''. HPBooks, 1980, p. 54. {{ISBN|978-0-89586-059-0}}</ref> by transmitting light through some [[light scattering|scattering]] material, or by [[diffuse reflection|reflecting]] light off a second surface to diffuse the light. The best known form of reflective source is the [[umbrella]] light, where the light from the bulb is "bounced" off the inside of a metalized umbrella to create an indirect "soft" light. | A '''softbox''' is a type of [[photography|photographic]] [[lighting]] modifier, one of a number of photographic [[soft light]] devices. All the various soft light types create even and [[photon diffusion|diffused]] light<ref>Brooks, David. ''How to Control and Use Photographic Lighting''. HPBooks, 1980, p. 54. {{ISBN|978-0-89586-059-0}}</ref> by transmitting light through some [[light scattering|scattering]] material, or by [[diffuse reflection|reflecting]] light off a second surface to diffuse the light. The best known form of reflective source is the [[umbrella]] light, where the light from the bulb is "bounced" off the inside of a metalized umbrella to create an indirect "soft" light.<ref>{{Citation |last=Lavine |first=Joe |title=Lighting Equipment |date=2019-08-13 |work=Lighting for Photographers |pages=104–127 |url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351166645-5 |access-date=2025-06-22 |place=Second edition. {{!}} London ; New York : Routledge, 2019. {{!}} Revised edition of: Light right. |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-16664-5 |last2=Bartholomew |first2=Brad}}</ref> | ||
A softbox is an enclosure around a bulb comprising reflective side and back walls and a diffusing material at the front of the light. | A softbox is an enclosure around a bulb comprising reflective side and back walls and a diffusing material at the front of the light. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:36, 22 June 2025
Template:Short description Template:Refimprove
A softbox is a type of photographic lighting modifier, one of a number of photographic soft light devices. All the various soft light types create even and diffused light[1] by transmitting light through some scattering material, or by reflecting light off a second surface to diffuse the light. The best known form of reflective source is the umbrella light, where the light from the bulb is "bounced" off the inside of a metalized umbrella to create an indirect "soft" light.[2]
A softbox is an enclosure around a bulb comprising reflective side and back walls and a diffusing material at the front of the light.
The sides and back of the box are lined with a bright surface – an aluminized fabric surface or an aluminum foil, to act as an efficient reflector. In some commercially available models the diffuser is removable to allow the light to be used alone as a floodlight or with an umbrella reflector.
A softbox can be used with either flash or continuous light sources such as fluorescent lamps or "hot lights" such as quartz halogen bulbs or tungsten bulbs. If softbox lights are used with "hot" light sources, the photographer must be sure the softbox is heat rated for the wattage of the light to which it is attached in order to avoid fire hazard.
Types of softbox
-
Octabox
-
Squarebox
-
Stripbox
-
Octagon honeycomb grid
See also
References
- ↑ Brooks, David. How to Control and Use Photographic Lighting. HPBooks, 1980, p. 54. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".