{"id":52182,"date":"2024-12-26T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T20:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=52182"},"modified":"2026-01-28T00:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:48:36","slug":"how-to-dramatically-change-your-studio-lighting-with-a-gridded-stripbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/how-to-dramatically-change-your-studio-lighting-with-a-gridded-stripbox\/","title":{"rendered":"How to dramatically change your studio lighting with a gridded stripbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/studio-photography\/stephanie-alens\/studio-portraits-NJ-photography-studio_7398.jpg\" alt=\"studio portraits NJ photography\" width=\"900\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to dramatically change your studio lighting with a gridded stripbox<\/h2>\n<p>I have posted before about one of my most favorite light modifiers in the studio &#8211; a gridded <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto 1\u2019x6\u2019 strip-box<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>). It is a surprisingly adaptable light source in how you can swivel it and tilt it and rotate it. This tall stripbox gives a soft light, but highly directional. \u00a0Once you realize you don&#8217;t have to use stripboxes in a strict vertical position, a lot of options open up.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/using-a-gridded-stripbox-as-the-main-light\/\">Using a gridded stripbox as the main light<\/a>\u00a0 (model: Claudia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/how-to-use-gridded-stripboxes\/\">Profoto: How to use gridded strip boxes as the main light<\/a> (portraits of kids)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Creating a more dramatic look for Stephanie and Alens, as if there is a stage-light on them, or maybe simulating a light shining from above from a lamp-post &#8230; I used a gridded Profoto 1&#215;6 stripbox. It gives that interesting light fall-off from the top to the bottom, with the light simultaneously dramatic yet soft.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/studio-photography\/stephanie-alens\/studio-portraits-NJ-photography-studio_7394.jpg\" alt=\"studio portraits NJ photography\" width=\"900\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pull-back \/ BTS shot will how how the stripbox was used.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the tall <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto\u00a01\u2019x6\u2019\u00a0gridded strip-box<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>) with\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-50-degree-1x6-grid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto 50 degree soft-grid<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Amazon<\/em>), titled at an angle, with the top angle close to the canvas backdrop. This way the light shines down on them, and there is the conical shape to the way the light spills on the backdrop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/studio-photography\/stephanie-alens\/studio-lighting-setup-gridded-stripbox_7377.jpg\" alt=\"studio lighting setup gridded stripbox\" width=\"900\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings, and photo gear used<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/250 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/8 \u00a0@ 125 ISO<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A1<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a1-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-24-70mm-f28-gm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony 24-70mm f\/2.8 GM ii<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-24-70mm-f28-gm-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-24-70mm-f28-gm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-d2-air-500-ws-studio-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto D2 flash<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-d2-air-500-ws-studio-light-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-d2-air-500-ws-studio-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto\u00a01\u2019x6\u2019\u00a0gridded strip-box<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x6-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>) with\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-50-degree-1x6-grid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto 50 degree soft-grid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Related articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/studio-photography-posing-lighting\/\">Studio photography \u2013 Posing &amp; Lighting<\/a>\u00a0 (model: Claudia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/studio-lighting-gridded-stripboxes-and-gels\/\">studio lighting : gridded stripboxes and gels<\/a>\u00a0 (band : Uncured)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/studio-photography-improvising-on-lighting-setups\/\">Studio photography : Improvising on lighting setups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/how-to-use-gridded-stripboxes\/\">Profoto: How to use gridded strip boxes as the main light<\/a> (portraits of kids)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to dramatically change your studio lighting with a gridded stripbox I have posted before about one of my most favorite light modifiers in the studio &#8211; a gridded Profoto 1\u2019x6\u2019 strip-box\u00a0\u00a0(B&amp;H\u00a0\/\u00a0Amazon). It is a surprisingly adaptable light source in how you can swivel it and tilt it and rotate it. This tall stripbox gives&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/how-to-dramatically-change-your-studio-lighting-with-a-gridded-stripbox\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read more inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,33,511,136],"tags":[797,416,910,885],"yst_prominent_words":[1116,2223,3117,1503,1115,1021,2221,1504,3130,1513,1502,1617,3131,2247,2222,3129],"class_list":{"0":"post-52182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lighting","8":"category-portraits","9":"category-profoto","10":"category-studio-photography","11":"tag-dramatic-studio-lighting","12":"tag-low-key-lighting-portraits","13":"tag-studio-lighting-with-profoto","14":"tag-studio-photography","15":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52182"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52378,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52182\/revisions\/52378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52182"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=52182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}