What Types of Light Modifiers Do You Need for Off Camera Flash?

Thank you for listening to The Photo Flunky Show. This show continues with Part 2 of our discussion of Off Camera Flash.

One of the most important decisions you make with off camera flash is deciding which types of light modifiers you need to use. Lee and I discuss several factors for your decision.

* Different types of light modifiers

* Why you should choose a given light modifier for your photo's needs

* How light behaves with different light modifiers

* Some examples of using light modifiers with available sunlight

At the end of the show, we also have a bit of discussion whether or not off camera flash is right for you.

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Here are some of the items we mentioned in the podcast. I mentioned that the fresnel light was not an inexpensive choice. It's included here so you can get an idea of what it is and how much it costs.

If you'd like to see some other light modifiers that I'm currently using, please check out my Resource Page.

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Transcript

 

THE PHOTO FLUNKY SHOW:  Episode 37

 

Welcome to the Photo Flunky Show, Episode thirty-seven.

 

Today’s topic: We’re going to be talking about light modifiers; those little things that you put between your subject and your light source and make it change and shine and all that fun stuff.

 

William:   Hi, thank you for joining us on the Photo Flunky Show, episode number thirty-seven.  My name is William Beem.

 

Lee:         Hey, I’m Lee Beem.

 

William:   And today, like I said, we are going to be continuing on with our discussion about lighting and today’s topic is Light Modifiers.  When you think about it, why do you need light modifiers if you’ve got a flash?

 

Well, basically light modifiers allow you to shape the light and make it so that you can match the mood of what you want to photograph by changing the quality and direction of the light.  That’s really all you’re doing.  You’re changing the quality.  It comes out harsh, you want to make it soft or maybe you want to turn it into something harsh.  There are ways to do that as well.  Maybe you don’t want the light to go  everywhere and you just want to focus it in a certain place.  Light modifiers allow you to change that quality and direction of light.

 

Does that make sense so far?

 

Lee:         So far, yeah.

 

William:   You know what I mean by quality?

 

Lee:         Yes.

 

William:   With quality we are talking about hard versus soft and everything in between.

 

What you need is something that goes between your light source and your subject to make those changes and we are goin...