Umbrella vs Softbox - LIVE Photoshoot

[speterlewis]

And you can restrict the spill even more with a grid for the softbox.

[bendailey]

Steph is awesome! Beautiful, talented, and a great personality. The two of you work together welll.

[captainprice]

No other photographer can contain such an enormous knowledge in a single video. my dream is to show you my photos one day. Big fan from India.

[chriskahl]

I've said it before & I'll say it again - as good as Matt's content is, Steph is the reason I always click through. So content creators, get yourselves a Steph! j/k - there's only one Steph!!

[mommad]

As someone getting into ocf, this has been helpful to compare gear, show settings, and show the difference. Thank you

[Shiznaft]

Love the info from Matt, and Steph's zaniness is what keeps me watching.

[cliflowry]

Good demonstration of these two inexpensive modifiers. Maybe you can continue on to next level modifiers. For Steph, I think the shorter hair is letting you get more shape to your hair. Looks great.

[niclasbagenheim]

I use a octagonal softbox for most of my outdoor shoots. Sometimes the umbrellas comes to use, but I have still to break one. Do you use them differently in some way?

[toddholmes]

Great information, and terrific collaboration between you & Steph (as always).

(Editing note: all the soft box photos are labeled “umbrella”.)

[keikaikakupaa]

LOL You can tell the martial arts influence! A lot of people I know, including myself does the same thing when there's nothing to do.

Got the marketing deal, looking forward to going through it all.

[JuanDavidJaramilloXD]

as always... great content; Steph looks really fresh in her new haircut, and the ramp up of the silliness factor was on point for this one😄 keep it up😉

[JohnMHazlewood]

Thanks for the comparison and quick tutorial on using both modifiers. Steph brilliant as usual. Love the new haircut.

[gentlegnt]

Excellent footage as always, Matt. Steph has made it fun with her awesome smile as always. Glad to see you both making it happen. :-)

[cidercreekranch]

The onscreen labeling indicates the use of an umbrella when a soft box was used.

[carstenortlieb]

So much fun watching you. Really missed Tina at first - but now: Steph is great, so natural!

[dimitristsagdis]

You can also get add ons for the premium umbrellas like silver and black fabrics that attach to them which convert them into pretty good light boxes for a fraction of the size/weight/price of a dedicated light-box and you could bounce the light one more time for extra softness before sending it out; which is a plus compared to a light box. Personally I use such a combo and I found it far more convenient as the whole thing together with a proper camera tripod fits in the tripod bag. I do use for umbrellas the flash holder Matt was using with the light-box but instead of a light stand I use an old aluminium tripod or my main carbon-fibre tripod if I do not need it for the shoot. I find the issue with umbrellas toppling is the low/light/cheap quality light stands. if you actually use a camera-tripod then you can hung weight and if on soil dig the legs in a bit which makes the umbrella as stable as a light box.
The issue of light behind the subject is neither here nor there; it depends on what you want to do (as some other comments suggest). With the extra fabrics an umbrella can resolve this but in most cases I use a second flash or continuous light behind the subject (unmodified/no box) for separation/rim light so I do get light pollution in the background anyway and it depends on how far/low that second light is from the 'background'. If you do outdoor environmental portraits then the back light spill-over is often a non-issue. Just my 2 pence - tnx for sharing Matt, wonderful as always.

[Lordred]

Nice video I like more the soft-box for the control of the direction of the light of course all the modifiers have his purpose but with softbox you can add a grid.

[staLkerhu]

How about reflective umbrellas? A diffuser is often optional for those. Is it any good to combine the strength of both groups?

[nmelcam]

OMG she is such a beautiful person in all regards. Looks...great, haircut...awesome, personality...excellent, funniness...so freakin' funny. :-) plus Matt's videos are somewhat good LOL hahahaha joking, great video Matt LOL

[juergendechert]

Amazing haircut Steph !!! I realized it immediately in the first scene ... it fit's you perfectly !!!