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In this segment, I just want to talk a little bit about angling the soft box. A lot of times,
I tend to use my soft box pretty well parallel to the subject. But, you can point it in too,
and as you can see, it illuminates the background a little bit more. But it also provides a
little bit more contrast on one side of the subject. The shadows tend to get a little
bit stronger around the nose. But, it also helps for people who have inset, whose eyes
are pretty well inset, and I think it tends to work a little better with women sometimes.
It's one of those things that you just want to play around. Each subject is different,
and it's just one of those things where you just kind of want to move your light around
until you get it where you want it. And the only way you're going to know, the most important
thing is when you're starting to play around with this is play with it a lot. And then
you'll start to understand what you're looking for, and you'll be able to achieve that. In this segment, I kind of want to talk a
little bit more about positioning the soft box. Sometimes it looks great just to have
it kind of, if you see a little bit more of a fashion look, to almost have it pretty much
straight in, you know, then you're just kind of peeking around the side to get the shot
that you're looking for. The nice thing about the soft box is you can illuminate the background
also at the same time without a big strong shadow.