I'm looking at his umbrellas. I've read about the silver umbrellas and the white but I'd like to see examples. I'd be using this inside and out but am unsure of what to use. What's the difference between the umbrella and a softbox? I am planning on photographing someone for a magazine cover and they will be outside possibly with un-even light on their face.
I know that I can use the Einstein as a flash, but can I have the light stay on constantly?
Last edited by Photog82; 08-03-2014 at 10:39 PM.
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Studio flashes are, well, flashes. Many have modeling lights (incandescent or LED bulbs) that illuminate between shots so you can see the angle and dangle of your light, but they are nowhere as bright as the flash. If you want continuous light, you'd need to shop for continuous light, and those are either going to be [power-thirsty, hot, and moderately priced] or [power-moderate, warm, and ridiculously priced].Originally Posted by Photog82
An umbrella can either reflect the light back (in a shoot-back umbrella) or diffuse the light (in a shoot-through umbrella), providing essentially one chance to broaden the apparent size of your light. A softbox has a silvered interior on what would be the black material from face to opening, and one or more translucent inserts that allow some of the light through but reflect some of the light back in random angles. Frankly, now that I have a softbox, I'm in love with the light quality, and my umbrellas are collecting dust unless I need a broad fill.
We're a Canon/Profoto family: five cameras, sixteen lenses, fifteen Profoto lights, too many modifiers.
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