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contest: comparison between different flash modifiers

June 16, 2011

contest: comparison between different flash modifiers

(competition is now closed to new entries)

My friend Stephanie Zettl, that awesome wedding photographer in St Louis, MO, is currently busy writing a book on the Nikon flash system, to be released next year. She showed me some of the comparison images that she shot yesterday, where various light modifiers are tested against each other for their specific results. She photographed a model against a grey backdrop, which helps show how the light is dispersed across the frame.

Now, I have my preferred method of using on-camera flash , when I can get away with just using on-camera flash. By manipulating my flash’s light pattern with a simple piece of black foam, I can get surprisingly elegant results. But I know that many readers of this site are curious about the variety of light modifiers out there, and how they compare. So I thought it will make for a great article – comparing the different flash modifiers for speedlights.

Better yet, let’s make this a contest!

So, here are 10 images, shot in 10 different ways with a speedlight. There is a separate non-ordered list of the various modifiers and ways the flash was used. Match them up correctly – and be the lucky winner of either a Nikon SB-700 speedlight (B&H link) or a Canon 430EX II speedlite (B&H link). I know there is a slight discrepancy in the value between the two flashguns, but the 1st rule of this contest is – no whining is allowed. Second rule – I have the final say.

Post your results here as a comment. You’re more than welcome to discuss it too. Entries close at midnight (New York time) on Thursday, June 23, 2011. I’ll announce the winner sometime on Sunday, June 26 after I pick a winner at random from the correct entries, or from the closest-to-correct entries.

Click on the images to make them appear as a slideshow:

For more details about the light modifiers, here they are in the same sequence,
with links to B&H where applicable:

1. Interfit 15.5″ beauty dish (B&H link)

2. Black Foamie Thing (Tangents article)

3. Fong Dong, (also sometimes referred to as the Fong Lightsphere) (B&H link)

4. Dome Diffuser – (in this case, supplied with Nikon SB-900)

5. Direct Flash

6. Interfit Strobies 20 degree grid (B&H link)

7. Lastolite 15″ Softbox (B&H link)

8. Rogue Flash Bender as a Snoot (B&H link)

9. Westcott Shoot Through Umbrella (B&H link)

10. Rogue Flash Bender as a bounce card (B&H link)

 

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