Softbox Grid for an Outdoor Shoot | Ask David Bergman

[@petercoleman1638]

Hi David, Peter from Queensland, Australia. I am just an amateur photographer with a small studio.I use soft box and reflector grids quiet a lot and works great. Thanks for all your videos you make they are all great.

[@frand6822]

I really appreciate this. I'm new to studio lighting (50 years of shooting on the street!) and only recently purchased Westcott lights and, how timely, yesterday a grid arrived for my modifier. This video was really helpful to me.

[@darrenleigh201]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us👍

[@raulakis35]

Great video David as always !! I always use grids because my studio is narrow and that allows me more control, especially when I want to create drama in my shoots

[@DavidBergmanPhoto]

Smart!

[@brad_in_yyc]

Always appreciate your breakdown David. It's put out in simple terms and solves so many issues I've always had. Thank you!

[@ivantheterrible2796]

I love my grids! 😁

[@aral2dmax]

Your the best David Bergman ! 😂

[@felixrodriguez782]

Good advice to control how the hits the subject which might want to highlight the subject more then the background a creative choice to explore thanks David

[@collinsmathukibugi4910]

Thank you

[@poojabakery8735]

Great sir

[@The_Rockstar05]

Thank you for this great information:-)

[@OldguyinBelize]

thanks for this. i'm a grid guy.

[@sijilo]

😊

[@hawg427]

So if you have a small studio it would be better to have a black wall studio correct?

[@DavidBergmanPhoto]

I debated this when I moved into a dedicated studio space. It depends what you shoot, but for me, I'd rather have big, soft light sources most of the time because I photograph people. White walls are better for that. When I need to really control the light, I can use black v-flats. Having a dark studio space makes it more difficult, in my opinion, to get big, soft light. Also - I've heard that working all day long in a dark space is miserable. :)

[@zedbleu4444]

Very interesting @@DavidBergmanPhoto. I like your reasoning here. Just for the sake of exchanging ideas, I have a room where I live with its walls all middle grey but the ceiling white. I'm wondering if it would not be a good compromise for a studio (both for not feeling miserable and have a little bounce).

[@aldrindetablan4358]

A real no BS advice while others would say learn photography in minutes, master your flash in 3 minutes. lol

[@kennypringle4580]

I shoot outdoor little league full body sports portraits. My 600 watt strobe is often 12 feet from my subject, with a 33” parabolic softbox. I did buy some 3 stop ND filters to enable me to keep my shutter within sync for bright sunny outdoor portraits. Would I benefit in any way using a grid? I’ve never had to go anywhere full power with my 600 watt GODOX ad600 pro.

[@DavidBergmanPhoto]

As I say in the video, it really just depends on the coverage you want. Sounds like you have plenty of power, so the loss of light isn't an issue. But do you want the light to spread further out from where it's aimed? Or focus it more into the center section? That's a creative choice only you can decide.

[@kennypringle4580]

@@DavidBergmanPhoto I’d prefer the light to not spread, but to stay mostly on my subjects.

[@Lucy-dk5cz]

Why isn’t she wearing shoes? Are you wearing shoes?