SteveGP
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In doing portrait and fashion photography in my home studio I'm wanting to get more natural poses by letting the model move around a bit while I shoot. I'm just now doing some testing without a model. In order for that to work, I think I need to speed the shutter speed up to at least 1/500 sec. Does that shutter speed sound about right? I also want a fairly fast recycle time on what I have for light sources now (speedlites).
Now, I've had diffusers on my softboxes (one key and another fill) in the past. But since I'm looking for a bit more light so I can reduce the speedlite power and thus decrease the cycle time, I've taken the diffusers off. That seems to work and I can get about a 1 second recycle time on the speed lights at 1/2 power. That got me wondering what advantages the diffusers offer when the softbox itself is a pretty large light source to begin with. I figure the diffusers spill some light on the walls and ceiling to soften things a bit more but that might also cause some problems with color contamination from the walls, floor, and ceiling. Also, I could probably get that same effect with another speedlite set up at low power with a diffuser pointed at that ceiling.
Am I missing some other important advantage for having them on?
Now, I've had diffusers on my softboxes (one key and another fill) in the past. But since I'm looking for a bit more light so I can reduce the speedlite power and thus decrease the cycle time, I've taken the diffusers off. That seems to work and I can get about a 1 second recycle time on the speed lights at 1/2 power. That got me wondering what advantages the diffusers offer when the softbox itself is a pretty large light source to begin with. I figure the diffusers spill some light on the walls and ceiling to soften things a bit more but that might also cause some problems with color contamination from the walls, floor, and ceiling. Also, I could probably get that same effect with another speedlite set up at low power with a diffuser pointed at that ceiling.
Am I missing some other important advantage for having them on?