PeterBerressem wrote: Softboxes are static sources, diffusion panels are vivid. Get the drift?
The type of sources behind, the amount and their distance to the panel creates totally different light sources. Also think of gradiants, not achievable with softboxes.
For instance, one source lights the whole panel and a second (brighter) source throws just a pool of light to a specific area....
I don\'t get what you say in bold but the rest makes sense. I get from what your saying that panels offer greater control over the shape and quality of the light. In that sense I can understand your statement in bold as octaboxes giving, more or less, a single light look, where as panels give many light looks.
PeterBerressem wrote:Also think of gradiants, not achievable with softboxes.
For instance, one source lights the whole panel and a second (brighter) source throws just a pool of light to a specific area....
Yeah that\'s how I light allot of my portrait background a single light with gel for general gradient and then a second light for a selective hot spot.
Nov 08, 2009 at 11:32 AM
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