sororia said: As someone who was a stage lighting professional (before the pandemic wamp wamp ) the idea of "feathering" light he talks about is absolutely anathema to me and goes against everything I've ever been taught. But hey the results speak for themselves so I guess I learned something new today about photography lighting that I didn't know.
Can't go wrong with a big soft box in photography. Haven't heard 'feathering' before though. Seems like you'd get the same result dimming a couple of stops instead of panning the head...
mudkip said: Haven't heard 'feathering' before though. Seems like you'd get the same result dimming a couple of stops instead of panning the head...
I'd normally solve this problem by changing the diffusion but I guess that's not really applicable to softboxes, is it.....
The guy is a good photographer but I think he's just trying to create his own glossary of terms to make what he's doing sound more complicated than it is.
These umbrellas and soft boxes are simply a portable and more energy efficient development to the old quartz and halogen. The principles are the same: a reflector, several powerful fluorescent or led bulbs with a wide colour temperature spectrum and a diffuser (in the case of a soft box, a thin fabric gauze).
Lighting is - and always was - THE key to photography. Digital photography has made life a lot easier as these cameras don't need anything like as much light to function. But then there's functioning and creating magic.
WAM can be quite tricky to light - not just having enough light - but dealing with the contrasts of light, dark and texture. I've had formal training in a lot of areas of photography but only on the last couple of years have I got to grips with this subject and modern video cameras. There are a lot of scenes I shot 3 or 4 years ago I think now I really over-lit and wish I'd closed that aperture down a couple of stops.
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) the idea of "feathering" light he talks about is absolutely anathema to me and goes against everything I've ever been taught. But hey the results speak for themselves so I guess I learned something new today about photography lighting that I didn't know. 
