How to create Soft Light in a photography studio
Photography is about the art of light, and the quality of light can be divided into “soft” and “hard”.
How to create and use soft light is a key skill for all photographers and cinematographers. Skilled photographers will know exactly what types of lights they need and how to create them, but for novice photographers, this is a big problem.
In fact, it depends on your needs for shooting and the atmosphere you want. First of all, you need to know what soft light is and how it differs from hard light.
The quality of the light:Soft Light
How to create and use soft light is a key skill for all photographers and cinematographers. Skilled photographers will know exactly what types of lights they need and how to create them, but for novice photographers, this is a big problem.
In fact, it depends on your needs for shooting and the atmosphere you want. First of all, you need to know what soft light is and how it differs from hard light.
In hard light, the subject’s shadow outlines are quite “hard” with sharp boundaries. And when the subject is in soft light, you can see almost no shadows on their face, making full use of the soft light can help people hide wrinkles and acne, which is very important for portraits, fashion photography, travel photography and food photography and video conferences, etc. Very friendly.
The larger the light source, the softer the light; the smaller the light source, the stronger the light. So the sun is so big for us, why is it hard light? Remember that distance also has a big effect on the size of the light. The sun is also millions of miles from Earth. If the sun were closer to Earth, we would all enjoy softer light at a huge cost. Therefore, the quality of light is determined by the relative size and relative distance of the light sources, which affect the transition of the image from highlights to shadows. Soft light is a kind of light with almost no hard shadows, and the transition from bright areas to dark areas is relatively smooth.
Diffusion light is often confused with soft light. Soft light is mainly determined by the relative size, while diffuse light refers to the softening effect of light after passing through a material. When diffuse hard light, if your diffuse material The same size as the light source can reduce dazzling highlights, soften specular highlights, and make the light on the object more uniform, but the clarity of the shadow remains unchanged, which does not achieve the effect of softening the light quality. Photography studios often use softbox of Led Video light, but why can a softbox soften the light? This is because the softbox incorporates diffuse into its design. Many softboxes are designed with internal baffles constructed of diffuser material. The baffle reflects the light back and surrounds the reflective surfaces inside the softbox. When the diffused light reaching the front of the softbox is homogenized, the size and shape of the light source changes, and the increase in surface area produces a softer effect.
How to create soft light in a photo studio?
To create a soft light, set up a suitable soft light in the studio and bounce it off a reflector or shoot through a diffuser. Window and natural light can also be used as soft light sources, but be careful that the sun doesn’t get too harsh or hit your subject directly.
Provide you with cost-effective soft light：
The new RGB cinematic soft light for studio ,YU series not only has new upgrades in brightness, color gamut, functions, etc., but also has new breakthroughs in appearance, material, U-shaped design, and physical external light.
GVM YU200R adopts dual power supply mode, with digital display screen, supports a variety of use carriers such as ceiling lights and brackets, whether it is suitable for indoor studio or outdoor framing photography, and there are 12 excellent lighting modes, which can be said to be supplementary light for daily photography. All-rounder. The number of ultra-bright LED lamp beads used in this soft light reaches 1365, with a high power of 200W, the brightness can reach 21000lux/0.5m, 5700lux/1m, and the color rendering index is also higher than that of the film and television soft light of the same level.
This series of LED film and television soft light adopts full RGB+WY five-color light source, more colors can output a wider color gamut, in the actual measurement, when the color temperature is 5600k, the CRI≥95; when the color temperature is 2700k, the CRI can reach 97, high The Color Rendering Index enables accurate color rendering and the most realistic object color restoration on-camera. GVM YU200R has both DMX512 function and Bluetooth APP function. Through the remote control in hand, the brightness and color temperature of the film and television soft light can be controlled from a long distance, which greatly improves the photographer’s lighting efficiency.
Specifications
Lumen：21000lux/0.5m（1.64foot） 5700lux/1m（3.28foot）
Power：250W
lamp beads：1365
Product Size：490*460*160mm
Product Weight: 8.6KG
Color temperature : 2700K~7500K
Reason to buy
+ Loads of advanced modes
+ Well-designed interface
+ Live room special lights
+ APP Intelligent Control System
+ With 7 Lighting modes for Your Choice
+ HSI Mode
+ CCT Mode
+ RGB Mode
+ Source Matching Mode
+ GEL Mode
+ White Effect Mode
Color Effect Mode
+ Joint control mode
GVM YU300R is an upgraded version of GVM YU200R. It not only has the functions of YU200R, but also has more diversity than YU200R.
The GVM YU300R is 570*460*160mm in size, also dimmable, and features a wide color-changing temperature range and RGB colors from 2700K to 7500K, with 1690 CRI/TLCI 97+ LED beads. It can output up to 350W, and supports hue, saturation, intensity adjustment, brightness 0%-100% of 12 special light sources for your choice,
GVM Viedo light Using the new version of the mesh Bluetooth module,you can realize the app and group control functions for multiple lights.
Specifications
Lumen：30000lux/0.5m（1.64foot） 7600lux/1m（3.28foot）
Power：350W
lamp beads：1690
Product Size：570*460*160mm
Product Weight: 10KG
Color temperature : 2700K~7500K
Buy reason
+ Loads of advanced modes
+ Well-designed interface
+ Live room special lights
+ APP Intelligent Control System
+ With 7 Lighting modes for Your Choice
+ HSI Mode
+ CCT Mode
+ RGB Mode
+ Source Matching Mode
+ GEL Mode
+ White Effect Mode
Color Effect Mode
+ Joint control mode
