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SOFTBOX
LIGHTING
TECHNIQUES
For Professional
Photographers
Stephen A. Dantzig
Amherst Media
PUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
®
Stephen Dantzig is a nationally renowned lighting expert and author of
Lighting Techniques for Fash-
ion and Glamour Photography
(2005) and
Master Lighting Techniques for Outdoor and Location Dig-
ital Portrait Photography
(2006), both from Amherst Media. He has written more than thirty articles
and lessons on photographic lighting and ethics. He is a frequent contributor to
Rangefinder
maga-
zine, and his lessons have appeared in
Professional Photographer Magazine, PC Photo Magazine, Stu-
dio Photography & Design,
ProPhoto West, ShootSmarter.com, and the Photoflex Web Photo School.
Stephen is a contributor/forum moderator at ProPhotoResource.com. His work has appeared on
more than twenty magazine covers including local, regional, and national markets. Some of his pub-
lished works have appeared in
Portrait Photographer’s Handbook, Group Portrait Photography Hand-
book, The Best of Portraiture,
and
The Best of Photographic Lighting
(all from Amherst Media). He has
also been published in
This Week Magazine
(Hawaii),
Pleasant Hawaii Magazine, Doll Reader, Met-
ropolitan Home, Studio City Lifestyles Magazine, Santa Clarita Valley Living,
and the
Los Angeles
Times.
Stephen is a twenty-one time Award of Merit recipient from the Professional Photographers of Los Angeles County and has
received two Awards of Merit from the Professional Photographers of Hawaii. His specialties include fashion, beauty, and corporate
photography. Stephen also holds a Doctor of Psychology degree from the Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Pro-
fessional Psychology. He now works, teaches, and resides in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2007 by Stephen A. Dantzig.
All photographs by the author unless otherwise noted.
All rights reserved.
Published by:
Amherst Media, Inc.
P.O. Box 586
Buffalo, N.Y. 14226
Fax: 716-874-4508
www.AmherstMedia.com
Publisher: Craig Alesse
Senior Editor/Production Manager: Michelle Perkins
Assistant Editor: Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt
ISBN-13: 978-1-58428-202-0
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006937283
Printed in Korea.
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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, me-
chanical, photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without prior written consent from the publisher.
Notice of Disclaimer: The information contained in this book is based on the author’s experience and opinions. The au-
thor and publisher will not be held liable for the use or misuse of the information in this book.
Photo by Harry Lang.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments........................................................5
Foreword
....................................................................7
Preface
.......................................................................9
INTRODUCTION...........................................................11
1. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHT
..............................22
Quantity of Light .....................................................22
Quality of Light .......................................................26
Color Temperature...................................................28
The Additive Nature of Light ...................................29
2. INTRODUCTION TO SOFTBOXES
.................................31
How They Work ......................................................31
Why Use Them?.......................................................32
How to Use Them ...................................................32
Size Matters .............................................................37
Halos .......................................................................39
StripDomes ..............................................................42
Scrims ......................................................................45
Circlemasks ..............................................................45
Louvers ....................................................................45
StripMasks ...............................................................47
Parabolic Reflectors..................................................48
Grids........................................................................49
Reflectors .................................................................49
3. USING SOFTBOXES AND ACCESSORIES........................50
Portraits ...................................................................50
Fashion and Glamour Images ...................................58
4. COMBINING LIGHT SOURCES
....................................72
Glamour Photography..............................................86
5. ADVANCED TOPICS
..................................................93
Beauty Lighting .......................................................93
Playing with Color Temperature...............................98
Other Applications: Products and Interiors ...............99
6. LIGHTING ON LOCATION
........................................105
Index
.....................................................................123
CON T EN TS
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