Light modifiers manipulate light.
Photographic lights are shaped and controlled by the light modifier. With it you create the lighting you need. Use the right modifiers and you create the scene you want. Knowing which one to use is crucial. The resources set out here aim to help you understand what light modifiers are and what they can do.
In a previous post, Easy introduction to light modifiers (pt 1), we examined:
In this post we are looking at more of these useful tools for controlling light.
Grids
Much more open than the honeycomb are a variety of other types of grid. They are used in front of many different types of light source. The aim of a grid is to…
Beauty dish
Barn doors
New resource pages
Part one and part two (this post) have added a number of new resources about light modifiers to the photographic glossary. However, as a group of resources they can also be reached from the page of light resources…
Light and Lighting – Resource pages on Photokonnexion
Light modifier resources on Photokonnexion – A new page linked from the Light and lighting page.
Photographic Glossary – Definitions, articles and resources…
Light and Lighting – Resource pages on Photokonnexion
How to work with reflectors… essential!