November 2020

“It’s not the camera. It’s the artist behind it.” - Rich Taylor richtaylorphotography.com FB: richtaylorphotography IG: richtaylorphoto LET’s gET inTo a shooT wiTh onE sTRoBE and a snooT LighT ModifiER What is a snoot light modifier? It is an accessory that fits onto your studio strobe. When your strobe fires, the snoot ‘compresses’ the light which creates a focused beam of light. This accessory is a greatway to isolate your subject by controlling the direction and radius of the beam. The closer your light source is to your subject, the smaller and harder (edge) the radius of light will be. The further away, the wider and softer (edge) the light will be. The distance you place between the snoot and your subject is always an individual artistic preference. Sometimes the endof the snoot can alsobe fittedwith a honeycomb grid for a different effect. hoW did i get the shot?... I had the model wear a woven hat and ask her to stand in front of a black backdrop. I set my studio strobe with my snoot attached above the model and faced it down towards her hat and face. Once I achieved the strength of the light I was looking for, I asked the model to move her head around paying close attention to how the modeling light was hitting the hat and her face. Once I had the posing correct, I took the shot. Camera: Nikon D750 | lens: Nikon 70-200 2.8 | light: Promaster SM300 | accessory: Snoot