Studio Lighting

Honeycomb Grid
A honeycomb grid is used to create a very tightly focused light with as little diffusion as possible. It is good to use for still life photographs in particular because the light is focusing on one particular object.










Snoot
A snoot is a tube that is attached to a light and directs the light wherever you want it to be, almost like a spotlight, this would be good for portrait photography or still life as it can focus on any subject you are photographing.







Barn Doors


Barn doors have four hinged sides around the bulb and they can come in different sizes. They are just used for shaping the light and do not have any affect on the softness or hardness of the light.









Beauty Dish
A beauty dish is a large dish shaped dish placed onto the light and acts as reflector and focuses the light on the subject of the photograph, it also helps block out imperfections from the models face.









Reflectors
A reflector is used to direct the light onto a certain subject or object, reflectors come as either large boards or small lamp reflectors.









Soft Box
Soft boxes are always useful and are used to evenly light the subject/object. I tend to use a soft box for the majority of my shoots as they are really good for getting the correct light and softening it also.








Backdrop
Backdrops will always be used when shooting in a studio, they come in various different colours, designs and sizes. E.g infinity curves, paper backdrop and fabric. A backdrop is the perfect way to make your photograph, depending on what colour you use, you can give off completely different feelings to the photograph just because of the colour of backdrop.