Originally Posted by
cjbroadbent
Brian, I beg to differ. Soft-boxes spill everywhere. Diffusion stuff on a frame spill worse unless you use a fresnel source.
An umbrella, with the source pushed well inside, has no spill, feathers naturally, has a nice controllable hot spot for making a delicate penumbra (like hazy sunlight) and is round (rectangular sources cut shadows short under edges that are parallel to to the source).
I agree for reflective glass surfaces, but nowadays there are remedies for the shape of reflections.
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