Octodomes

[zona5101]

From our friends at Photoflex a very nice comparison on the varied results from different sized softboxes...

Which OctoDome Should I Use?

[Tito87]

Thank you.

[Doug Sundseth]

Interesting article, but the first shot is clearly not lit with a pop-up flash -- the shadow on the background is too far to the right of the subject. The thing about pop-ups is that they hardly give any shadows at all from the PoV of the camera they're on.

It might be lit with a hand-held speedlight, perhaps connected by a sync cable.

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by Doug Sundseth

Interesting article, but the first shot is clearly not lit with a pop-up flash -- the shadow on the background is too far to the right of the subject. The thing about pop-ups is that they hardly give any shadows at all from the PoV of the camera they're on.

It might be lit with a hand-held speedlight, perhaps connected by a sync cable.

Nah... when you turn the camera into portrait orientation, the flash is off axis enough to cast a side shadow.

[danbaileyphoto]

I've been using the Octodome NXT recently, gives some really great results! Love it because it's a small softbox that looks like a bigger softbox and it's very portable.

Here's one I shot with the NXT.