- PHOTO CAMERA TIPS -: Shoot Through vs Reflective umbrellas

Monday, February 1, 2016

Shoot Through vs Reflective umbrellas

Shoot-through vs Reflective umbrellas

central "hot-spot"
Lighting that is done close to the subject shows that the shoot-thru umbrella has more coverage but no ‘wrap’ to it, while the reflective umbrella has less coverage but more even light. When shooting a portrait, the white umbrella when placed close to the subject creates a center weighted soft 'hot spot' of light ie. the intensity is strong at the centre, and fades to the shadow.
The skin looks soft with this light. At the same close distance, the silver umbrella gives more wrap and even coverage of light. The skin gives shows an even sparkling effect, which is good for people with great skin. At long distance though, both light produce almost the same effect and difference if any is negligible(even for lighting geeks), although the silver umbrella eats up more power from the light source to give the same amount of light as the white shoot through umbrella... source

Comparing Light and its Modifiers