Can one of these 42" umbrella softboxes provide effective lighting for full body shots of a person?
1955219
A single umbrella is great for headshots and acceptable for torso portraits or a sit down pose. Two of these stacked at equal power could emulate a large softbox. I personally have used it to light kids, teens, adults and groups knowing that light fall off occurs at a certain point. Multiple umbrellas at equal and different ratios could offset some light fall off as well. It all depends on positioning and angle against the subject. Moving it back from the subject increases the coverage but output decreases as well. Be prepared to increase your flash head's power or open your lens aperature. A single umbrella is great for headshots and acceptable for torso portraits or a sit down pose. Two of these stacked at equal power could emulate a large softbox. I personally have used it to light kids, teens, adults and groups knowing that light fall off occurs at a certain point. Multiple umbrellas at equal and different ratios could offset some light fall off as well. It all depends on positioning and angle against the subject. Moving it back from the subject increases the coverage but output decreases as well. Be prepared to increase your flash head's power or open your lens aperature.
1955220
The size is certainly adequate to light a full body, however the inner reflective material is not very good, and actually absorbs a lot of light rather than reflects it. They can be used, but you will need to boost the power more than you would with a higher quality reflector.
1724653
the inner area of the umbrella itself is reflective so you can not "shoot through" it but the light provided by the stretch on defuser is better then the light you get by shooting through, IMHO.
484642
And for the softbox usage the answer is yes! Amazon carries many softboxes for the strobe, the softbox attaches to the portion of the strobe that extends from the body of the strobe, the softbox will have four screws that you will tighten to secure the softbox to the strobe. This is a very good strobe to learn studio photography I have own many of the 300 watt and sold them for high wattage strobe, the light output is high and perfect for portrait or event photo shoot using backdrops.
910528
Probably not. The design is as bare as you can get as far as structure. Mine was falling apart. They emit a great amount of soft light but other than that I wouldn't recommend doing anything else to them. The softboxes they come with are poorly manufactured and seem to be a bit much for the weight of the light heads.
1584677
If you are referring to, http://www.fjwestcott.com/24-x-32-softbox-for-westcott-d5 , then I would have to say yes, since the lighting kits looks to be fairly light weight. These stands are very heavy duty and can handle a lot of weight. But they are targeted at holding the truss and not a light kit, so I'm not sure they would be appropriate for this use. In fact, possibly overkill. The tripods are quite heavy to lift. With three truss sections (30'), I hung over 150lbs if lights across the trusses supported by the two tripods.
1910236
An item like this would be a great tool.Flash Bracket Swivel Bracket Umbrella Holder Studio Tilting Bracket for Nikon Canon E430 E580 SB600 SB800 SB900 By Fancierstudio Bracket BBasically what I use. Just be weary of its flimsiness to the elements! Grab some sand bags or use indoors.
822756
You need an umbrella adapter on your lightstand. This is a pretty good soft box but wish it was deeper.
1067530
You Need a Universal speed ring then you can use any softbox. look on amazon for the speed ring. Also there a book light it shoot it retouch it on amazon that very good on lighting and equipment.
1482787
The umbrella and the stand would work for an off-camera flash but you would have to add a cold shoe for your flash... The light will do you no good as a flash. I would suggest just an inexpensive stand with an umbrella holder and an included cold shoe for your flash. There are tons of videos on YouTube you can watch... just search "off camera flash" --- Plus AdoramaTV on YouTube has great videos.
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I know what you mean. After using the softbox, there seems to be no problems with the bracket getting in the way of the light. When you fire that flash, The light is bouncing and spreading every where. I just used it to photograph about 80 individual children at a fall fest. Everything went great.
1635373
Hey! I use Paul C Buff "White Lightening" strobes. They are affordable and work amazing. They are also located in Nashville where I live so convenient! Great soft boxes! Follow me on Instagram if you want to see work with them! @C_TheLove
1843061
It can easily handle it you just have to balance it properly with your sandbags. I have used it with the CowboyStudio T800D 800 Watts Digital Monolight /Strobe with large soft box or strip box or 28" beauty dish .With no issues.
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It would depend on exactly what you are photographing. For example, the CowboyStudio 33 inch Black and Silver Photo Studio Reflective Umbrella would be very good to light an interior room. depending on the power of your light source and the size of the room. More detail on what you are trying to light would be helpful in answering your question.
1209409
Yes it will. I found using the Phottix Multi-Boom Mini 16″ helped in keeping a flash on the centreline, mounting multiple flashes - and with tilting the softbox. This is a great softbox, and easy to use, but using the zippers provided does not always give enough range of motion to angle the box. The Phottix boom arm puts the umbrella mounting hardware outside the softbox allowing you full range of motion, and the ability to reposition your flash(es) to be closer to the centreline of the box.
1843058
Yep. I have put much bigger strobe and softbox on it. It is really very sturdy. Got one for the studio and liked it so much we bought another. It is very bulky but strong.
1695830
A 36" umbrella is a pretty good size umbrella. I went for the 60" because the bigger the light source the wider the light spreads and the more control I have on my subject. I also have a back light and a 1300 led bulb light. It all depends what you want to do. I pretty much know you have understanding about basic lighting if not YouTube and Adorama.com have a lot of video tutorials in photo and light.
1854355
I'm not near mine to measure, but the front diffusers are about 24"x30". They're deeper (proportionately) than shown... maybe 20-24". I can't use one of them as a hair light for a standing person in a room with 8' ceilings, for instance. (I use a 600-LED panel for a hair light.) With a softbox, you have soft, yet directional light (unlike an umbrella, whether shoot-through or bounce). Much more controllable.