Pardon my ignorance, though is there a reason to use Honeycomb grids with strobes that have soft boxes and umbrellas over them? Will the effect if the Honeycomb grid be effective?
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kat.hayes said:Pardon my ignorance, though is there a reason to use Honeycomb grids with strobes that have soft boxes and umbrellas over them? Will the effect if the Honeycomb grid be effective?
Thanks.
Pookie said:Not true about hotspots with socked grids. If you can control the light you get a nice soft light with less spill...
neuroanatomist said:Pookie said:Not true about hotspots with socked grids. If you can control the light you get a nice soft light with less spill...
I suppose it depends on the setup. I do get hotspots firing through a large octa, but I use narrow grids (10-15°). I'm not suggesting it's an undesirable effect, else I wouldn't do it! To control spill, I usually use fabric grids on the surface of the softbox/octa.
To the OP, best bet is to try and test. Point the light at a wall and take a pic to see the distribution. Use a remote trigger and shoot selfies in your setup.
As a random example, with a Speedlite grid the head zoom setting changes the light pattern.
Pookie said:If you back up the light it will go softer.
Pookie said:The problem you're having is...
Now if you're confusing hotspot with shine from skin oil...
Pookie said:Not true about hotspots with socked grids. If you can control the light you get a nice soft light with less spill...
I do this often for hair lighting with octas, softboxes and beauty dishes. I just purchased a second 22" Mola Demi to use specifically for this type of application. The hair light is gridded and socked...
This is a test shot with the newly unboxed BD and the next day did over 40 corporate headshots using this set up with no hot spots.
You would use a honeycomb grids with strobes to reduce spills of light to the surrounding environment, I use it mainly in two scenarios:kat.hayes said:Pardon my ignorance, though is there a reason to use Honeycomb grids with strobes that have soft boxes and umbrellas over them? Will the effect if the Honeycomb grid be effective?
Thanks.