Use Effective Size For Soft Contrast Portraits

About This Video

Mark Wallace explains the Effective Size of light and then applies the principles. Mark shoots some high-contrast soft-light portraits with a giant octobox. This is a great episode to watch and get some new ideas for your next shoot.

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BOOKMARKS
0:00 Introduction
0:36 The Qualities of Light (animation)
3:14 Two Octoboxes compared
4:07 A look at the setup
4:38 Setting up a high contrast soft light (small)
6:30 Using a very large octobox for more options
9:30 Using a window screen as wardrobe
10:12 A high contrast soft light photoshoot
11:28 Final Images
11:52 Closing thoughts and more info

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