a softlighter is a type of umbrella device that looks like a silver umbrella making sweet love to a white umbrella. it basically has all the light focusing abilities of a silver reflective (a pseudo-parabolic shape to direct light a certain way) and the softening abilities of a white shoot-through umbrella. i've never used a softlighter, but i've always been curious about what kind of results it would give.
anyways. today i figured i'd do something similar to a softlighter. so i set up my 60" white umbrella, and clamped a 42" silver onto the stand directly opposite it. i put the flash head on there facing into the silver, and took a few pictures.
it's not exactly like a softlighter..... the gap between silver and white let light leak out, and it isn't very adjustable..... i can't angle it all over the place like i could a single umbrella..... but it did give me a large light source with a lot of directional quality to the light coming out the front. it does seem to have a flattering feel to the light, and that is definitely a plus. i'll probably explore this technique a bit more later, maybe try stretching some translucent fabric over the front of a silver umbrella or something. see how that goes.
setup shot:
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