On Apr 14, 2006, at 7:56 PM, William Robb wrote:
The larger the light source, the softer the light. Take a 36 inch reflector, be it a soft box or umbrella and put it 20 feet from the subject, it is effectively a point source, but if you put it a foot from the subject it should give a very soft light.
Right. Just to make it clearer: The larger the apparent size of the light source from the subject's position, the softer the light.
Oddly enough, the best diagrams I've seen on all this are in an old book called Nude Photography: The French Way published some 20 years ago by Amphoto.
Bob
