Thanks brother. I normally use strip with barebulb AD200 but will try with a mag sphere if I'm using fresnel and that belly button heat is too intense. Keep on keeping it real. 🤙 .
Sir,i have watched so many strip box videos no one given this type of useful ideas,but u have given a fantastic tip using a flash diffuser on the top of flash inside the stripe box.thanks a lot.
Ok, I got F8.0 top, center and bottom- diffused and grided. The flash was a Quantum T2 bare bulb. @ 1 1/8 power, 1/200th, about 1 meter from my subject. Thanks for the info, you’ve a new subscriber in me!
thanks, this was the video I needed to find cause I plan to buy this exact set ..my need is for them to light up my green screen in my studio and this video really helps cause of hot spots..I am hoping that I can just save the current lights I am using and just change the body of my current softboxes..anyways liked and subbed for sure 👍
Even and good lighting for green screen is (chroma)KEY (sorry, that was a bad pun, lolol). I'm glad this video brought you value, thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Can't lie @Pseudo The Animator I had to look that up, but I had a nice laugh when it popped up in Google, lol. I appreciate the comment and the kind words!!
@Ev Lopez stripboxes are one of those modifiers that you won't use often but when you use them, they are absolutely perfect for the job. I personally think every photographer should have at least one if they do portrait work. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@Betty Platicando you are most welcome! Be sure to check out some of my recent videos, I have a LOT of content to help new and experienced photographers.
Ya know @Kenny Pringle, not sure why I didn't include any images like that in this video. That was a fail on my part, lol. I'm sure it was due to time constraints.
@@AnthonyToglife i want to block off the hotspot from my flash head on the stofen and force the light in other directions just like how a beauty dish works.
That was my thought as well, here's how I solve the issue. I use 2 rectangle white ripstop pieces, about 1/3 the length of the inner delusion panel, and paper clip them to my inner defusion panel right in front of the strobe. I hope this helps!
@carlosahoyosg this isn't really necessary for studio strobes because they almost always have a protruding bulb, which allows the light to spread 360 degrees. The "hack" in this video is to get a speedlight (or fresnel head) to function in the same manner.
nice tuto. I am hesitating between 1x3 and 1x4, 1x4 being huge out of studio. do you think 1x3 is not enough ? i am also hesitating between rod assembly like godox, broncolor, profotos and westcott rapidbox or new magmod 36" stripbox quick setups.
That's a tough question to answer @marclabro because each size could be useful depending on the light you're wanting. For example, a smaller strip would be beneficial for a hair light or the ease of use, whereas a larger strip would be beneficial for an edge light or to get the most coverage as possible. I gave all of my strips except for my 1x5's and I have a couple of the Glow ARC's (two different sizes). I don't use strips often so I wanted to keep my kit small but have the flexibility. I can flag a large strip to mimic a smaller strip, I can't make a smaller strip bigger.
A typical speedlight most certainly can, just not evenly. An AD200 wouldn't fill it evenly either (with the fresnel head), so it's not a power problem.
Yes, but not much. Shorter strips, like a 1x2 and maybe a 1x3 it could help a bit, but bigger ones, that plate simply won’t push enough light upward and downward to even the exposure.
@@AnthonyToglife It would kill the hotspot though, or it should. I haven’t really had issues editing in post, the light falloff usually isn’t that bad but now I’ll be eyeballing it closer and I’m sure now I’ll see something. 😂
I’ve stayed away from strip boxes since I would need a quick setup box (I shoot 80% on location) and those are relatively expensive for the amount I would expect to use them. Les expensive versions all seem to require extensive assembly. Any suggestions?
I don't think you'll find them much cheaper for the umbrella style box. The cheaper ones will be the rod system which can be a pain to set up, or at a minimum time consuming. I use strips quite often, why have you stayed away from them?
@Curt Clement I don't know of any shallow strip boxes and frankly I don't think the quality of light would be great from one, depending on the size of the strip box. A shallow strip would mean the light source would be close to your diffusion panel, and there wouldn't be room for the light to spread to really push that light to the top and bottom. I'm assuming you're asking for space constraint reasons; I don't think shallow ones exist due to the poor quality of the light they would produce. Think about an umbrella; the closer you move the umbrella to your light source, the less spread you have.
I started shooting some softball quick team photos. I always have an issue with baseball hat shadows. I’m thinking of using a horizontal strip box with diffuser just below eye to remove the shadows. Any thoughts?
Thank you @dosam_6146. Size depends, but my general rule is to have a strip the size of the area you want to cover. So for example I did a night shoot a couple months back and I wanted to light the subject full body with minimal spill to other parts of the scene, so I used a 1ftx5ft strip box and it worked perfectly. If necessary, error on the side of going bigger than you need.
@Jim Worthington typically just stripboxes unless it's a big softbox (like larger than 3ft). But also with a speedlight it's going to struggle already filling a larger softbox and making it through one or two layers of diffusion; adding a diffuser on the speedlight cuts light output by at least one stop. This could prove too much for a small speedlight. Even with my 36" deep para I have to shoot my Yongnuo speedlights on 1/4 or 1/2 power to reach proper exposure and that's when I'm shooting at f/4 or f/5.6. Adding a diffuser would mean shooting at full power and that would eat through batteries quick.
@Jason Reyes it most certainly will work and really, the inner diffusion is a bit redundant in this scenario. I use both because I like the most diffused light possible but it’s not necessary.
Absolutely @Supreme Omega Company but it won't work nearly as well. The built-in diffuser does help to diffuse the light, obviously, but depending on the size of your stripbox it simply won't spread the light enough to push the light vertically (in both directions) to fill the strip. But, is it better than nothing, absolutely.
@@AnthonyToglife ok, great I stumbled on your video just now bcos i just got mine now. Any your explanations are on point , and i also subscribed. Thanks
It's not really needed on bare-bulb strobes. This really applies when using a fresnel head speedlight or AD200 or similar. Bare-buld strobes will disperse the light throughout the strip.
I'll quote you, from elsewhere in the comments; "Ya know @Kenny Pringle, not sure why I didn't include any images like that in this video. That was a fail on my part, lol. I'm sure it was due to time constraints." @@AnthonyToglife
I have an Aurora firefly strip box that has a circle of silver painted at the inside centre of the diffuser. The light hits that then bounces all around the box. I’m about to order some strip boxes and think I may figure out some way like that to disperse the light. Have you seen the new design from Strobepro? Very cool. I’ll try to add a link here. czcams.com/video/J1_ywDMaOiE/video.html I’m trying to decide if I want 55” or 71”.
Yes, I've seen this para-snap line in the Glow brand (and Strobepro) and while I like the concept, I don't like the price, lol. Maybe if I did jobs where even 30 seconds was crucial, I could justify it but for my work, these things are easily 3-4x the cost of the regular softboxes I used; I'd rather buy 3 or 4 different softboxes than one of these para-snaps, but that's just me. Whenever I use strips, I always do what I did in this video, it works every time for me.
No intro! My favorite type of video.
Awww @Rich Poinvil, you don't like my intros?! ;-) I'm so random on when I even add it to my vids haha.
@@AnthonyToglife No, don't get me wrong. That was the first or second video of yours I ever watched and both were straight to the point. Love that.
Nice video, well explained and very helpful. Thank you
Thank you so much @robertstroud7081!
Fantastic tip (adding the diffuser inside the strip box). I had not thought of that. Great solution. Thank you so much for sharing! Very helpful!
Happy to hear this was helpful @iHeart Chiropractic. It definitely makes a big difference I still use this today when I use a speedlight setup.
Thanks brother. I normally use strip with barebulb AD200 but will try with a mag sphere if I'm using fresnel and that belly button heat is too intense. Keep on keeping it real. 🤙
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"belly button heat" hahahaha, that made me laugh out loud.
Sir,i have watched so many strip box videos no one given this type of useful ideas,but u have given a fantastic tip using a flash diffuser on the top of flash inside the stripe box.thanks a lot.
You are most welcome @SureshKumar-ks9qn, I try to give out these little gems as much as I can.
Yessir some great info right there!
@TMIDD my guy! I'm hoping to make it to DC some time this year, we'll have to link up!
Diffuser- Great idea. I hope to see comparisons but I just gonna believe you.
Hey @alexandrashayakhmetova4170, what were you wanting to see comparisons of? I can likely work it into a future video...
Ok, I got F8.0 top, center and bottom- diffused and grided. The flash was a Quantum T2 bare bulb. @ 1 1/8 power, 1/200th, about 1 meter from my subject.
Thanks for the info, you’ve a new subscriber in me!
Thank you so much @Reggie Hughey, much appreciated and I'm glad this worked out for you!
thanks, this was the video I needed to find cause I plan to buy this exact set ..my need is for them to light up my green screen in my studio and this video really helps cause of hot spots..I am hoping that I can just save the current lights I am using and just change the body of my current softboxes..anyways liked and subbed for sure 👍
Even and good lighting for green screen is (chroma)KEY (sorry, that was a bad pun, lolol). I'm glad this video brought you value, thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Sorry that was ended by mistake. Love you stuff as it is plain talk and something we can do.
@Bill Johnson thank you sir. More coming. :-)
Great video
Thank you kindly!
Short and on point, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥
Exactly how I like to do it @YogaLifeEtc haha. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Really good tip!
@William Dyson thank you sir!
My man giving vibes like cyborg from the Teen Titans, I love it, great video🤝🙏🏽
Can't lie @Pseudo The Animator I had to look that up, but I had a nice laugh when it popped up in Google, lol. I appreciate the comment and the kind words!!
Excellent!!!!!!
Thank you @Miguel Angel
Good tips and thanks for the info. I was looking for more info on these types of mods. Looking for more options with lighting as more gigs come in.
@Ev Lopez stripboxes are one of those modifiers that you won't use often but when you use them, they are absolutely perfect for the job. I personally think every photographer should have at least one if they do portrait work. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Very helpful thank you very much.😊
You are most welcome @Sue Winsley, thank you for watching and commenting.
Great video thanks buddy!
You are most welcome @101turk, thank you for watching!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you 🙏
@Betty Platicando you are most welcome! Be sure to check out some of my recent videos, I have a LOT of content to help new and experienced photographers.
It’d be cool to see the results of flash in strip box with and without flash diffusers on.
Ya know @Kenny Pringle, not sure why I didn't include any images like that in this video. That was a fail on my part, lol. I'm sure it was due to time constraints.
cool, i think i'm going to put black tape in the center of that stofen and see what happens. but great tip!
Interesting idea @Pagpapaitim. Out of curiosity, what are you looking to achieve?
@@AnthonyToglife i want to block off the hotspot from my flash head on the stofen and force the light in other directions just like how a beauty dish works.
Ok, so this is only for Speedlite users. Now you have to do a vídeo for studio strobe users ?
That was my thought as well, here's how I solve the issue. I use 2 rectangle white ripstop pieces, about 1/3 the length of the inner delusion panel, and paper clip them to my inner defusion panel right in front of the strobe.
I hope this helps!
@carlosahoyosg this isn't really necessary for studio strobes because they almost always have a protruding bulb, which allows the light to spread 360 degrees. The "hack" in this video is to get a speedlight (or fresnel head) to function in the same manner.
This is a way to do it @Reason-fg4ik.
nice tuto. I am hesitating between 1x3 and 1x4, 1x4 being huge out of studio. do you think 1x3 is not enough ? i am also hesitating between rod assembly like godox, broncolor, profotos and westcott rapidbox or new magmod 36" stripbox quick setups.
That's a tough question to answer @marclabro because each size could be useful depending on the light you're wanting. For example, a smaller strip would be beneficial for a hair light or the ease of use, whereas a larger strip would be beneficial for an edge light or to get the most coverage as possible. I gave all of my strips except for my 1x5's and I have a couple of the Glow ARC's (two different sizes). I don't use strips often so I wanted to keep my kit small but have the flexibility. I can flag a large strip to mimic a smaller strip, I can't make a smaller strip bigger.
I wouldn't expect a speed light to provide enough power to light that size of a stripbox.
A typical speedlight most certainly can, just not evenly. An AD200 wouldn't fill it evenly either (with the fresnel head), so it's not a power problem.
I know this is an older video but the algorithm just sent it my way. Wouldn’t a reflector plate help?
Yes, but not much. Shorter strips, like a 1x2 and maybe a 1x3 it could help a bit, but bigger ones, that plate simply won’t push enough light upward and downward to even the exposure.
@@AnthonyToglife It would kill the hotspot though, or it should. I haven’t really had issues editing in post, the light falloff usually isn’t that bad but now I’ll be eyeballing it closer and I’m sure now I’ll see something. 😂
I’ve stayed away from strip boxes since I would need a quick setup box (I shoot 80% on location) and those are relatively expensive for the amount I would expect to use them. Les expensive versions all seem to require extensive assembly. Any suggestions?
I don't think you'll find them much cheaper for the umbrella style box. The cheaper ones will be the rod system which can be a pain to set up, or at a minimum time consuming. I use strips quite often, why have you stayed away from them?
Great idea. I’ll be trying it. Do you know of any strip boxes that are more shallower than others?
@Curt Clement I don't know of any shallow strip boxes and frankly I don't think the quality of light would be great from one, depending on the size of the strip box. A shallow strip would mean the light source would be close to your diffusion panel, and there wouldn't be room for the light to spread to really push that light to the top and bottom. I'm assuming you're asking for space constraint reasons; I don't think shallow ones exist due to the poor quality of the light they would produce. Think about an umbrella; the closer you move the umbrella to your light source, the less spread you have.
I started shooting some softball quick team photos. I always have an issue with baseball hat shadows. I’m thinking of using a horizontal strip box with diffuser just below eye to remove the shadows. Any thoughts?
That would definitely do the trick @sxswutah-ww6dr but out of curiosity, what is your current lighting setup?
@@AnthonyToglife no lights currently. In between championship games i rotate the location to compensate for the sun and shadows.
Great tip! What size stripbox would you suggest to use outside? Thanks 😊
Thank you @dosam_6146. Size depends, but my general rule is to have a strip the size of the area you want to cover. So for example I did a night shoot a couple months back and I wanted to light the subject full body with minimal spill to other parts of the scene, so I used a 1ftx5ft strip box and it worked perfectly. If necessary, error on the side of going bigger than you need.
Neat tip. Thanks. Would you use the diffusers on speed lights with all soft boxes or just strip boxes?
@Jim Worthington typically just stripboxes unless it's a big softbox (like larger than 3ft). But also with a speedlight it's going to struggle already filling a larger softbox and making it through one or two layers of diffusion; adding a diffuser on the speedlight cuts light output by at least one stop. This could prove too much for a small speedlight. Even with my 36" deep para I have to shoot my Yongnuo speedlights on 1/4 or 1/2 power to reach proper exposure and that's when I'm shooting at f/4 or f/5.6. Adding a diffuser would mean shooting at full power and that would eat through batteries quick.
Would it still work if I removed the inner diffuser in the stripbox? That thing will eat up the power of speedlights and even an AD100.
@Jason Reyes it most certainly will work and really, the inner diffusion is a bit redundant in this scenario. I use both because I like the most diffused light possible but it’s not necessary.
@@AnthonyToglife thanks for the quick reply! Really helpful!
Hi Anthony: Can you please tell me how to connect a speed light with Godox stripbox? Thanks.
Hi @Yunus Khan, you would need something like this:
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1342131-REG/godox_s_bracket_for_bowens.html
This will not work on Godox SK400/300. Or Godpx MS series.
It wouldn’t be needed on a flash that has a bare bulb. I reference this at the beginning of the video.
Great tip, \
@Bill Johnson gracias!
How do you diffuse sk300 lights on those boxes? Thanks
You wouldn’t need to do that for this light as the bulb design allows for a 360 degree spread of light.
Oh great thanks!@@AnthonyToglife
But what about using the speedlight/flash light inbuilt diffuser can we also make use of that too?
Absolutely @Supreme Omega Company but it won't work nearly as well. The built-in diffuser does help to diffuse the light, obviously, but depending on the size of your stripbox it simply won't spread the light enough to push the light vertically (in both directions) to fill the strip. But, is it better than nothing, absolutely.
@@AnthonyToglife ok, great I stumbled on your video just now bcos i just got mine now. Any your explanations are on point , and i also subscribed. Thanks
What about normal studio strobes? how do you diffuse for it
It's not really needed on bare-bulb strobes. This really applies when using a fresnel head speedlight or AD200 or similar. Bare-buld strobes will disperse the light throughout the strip.
I waited 6 minutes for you to turn on the light and demonstrate.
What is there to demonstrate?
I'll quote you, from elsewhere in the comments;
"Ya know @Kenny Pringle, not sure why I didn't include any images like that in this video. That was a fail on my part, lol. I'm sure it was due to time constraints."
@@AnthonyToglife
@@3DThrills I see that as sample images, not a demonstration, but sorry to disappoint you. 😉
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Gracias @Ray Naudier.
what size are those strip boxes
@Lawrence Acuff 14"x63"
@@AnthonyToglife thanks
I have an Aurora firefly strip box that has a circle of silver painted at the inside centre of the diffuser. The light hits that then bounces all around the box. I’m about to order some strip boxes and think I may figure out some way like that to disperse the light. Have you seen the new design from Strobepro? Very cool. I’ll try to add a link here. czcams.com/video/J1_ywDMaOiE/video.html I’m trying to decide if I want 55” or 71”.
Yes, I've seen this para-snap line in the Glow brand (and Strobepro) and while I like the concept, I don't like the price, lol. Maybe if I did jobs where even 30 seconds was crucial, I could justify it but for my work, these things are easily 3-4x the cost of the regular softboxes I used; I'd rather buy 3 or 4 different softboxes than one of these para-snaps, but that's just me. Whenever I use strips, I always do what I did in this video, it works every time for me.