A frame with a cloth covering used to diffuse the light from a flash or floodlight.
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The problem with this technique is that you need an assistant to hold and position the soft box, and soft boxes are very expensive.
But even if you are using off-camera lights with soft boxes attached, you still may not be able to get the kind of control you need.
Here's the goal: a soft box, a source of soft, even, directional light, much like a north-facing window.
Last Thursday, Eamonn McCarthy introduced members to taking formal portraits using studio flash, soft boxes, etc with particular emphasis on posing the subject.
A soft box (a large box made of opaque material which completely ensheathes the light source, producing a diffuse gentle light) was positioned to the subject's right.