hey everyone my name is Trevor daily
with magmod today I want to shoot with
Mary and we thought we'd take just a few
minutes to try to answer one of the most
popular questions that comes up in the
magmod community it's all about what is
it differ between the mag box and the
mag sphere two of our most popular
modifiers so what we're gonna do is
we're gonna take just a few minutes
we're going to shoot both side by side
to be able to show you the exact
differences between them
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all right so the first lighting setup
that I'm gonna do is I'm gonna put my
light stand about 45 degrees from Mary
and then I'm gonna stick the mag shoe
with a flash and the max fear on here
I'm gonna raise this just above eye
level and then tilt it down just a tiny
bit the look that I'm going for is a
loop light which is a shadow that just
comes right off the nose so let's go
ahead and create this Mary scoot back
just a tiny bit there we go
all right so in this first shot what
you're gonna notice with the mag sphere
is that the shadows are gonna be a
little bit harder than they are with the
mag box so now I'm gonna go ahead and
swap this out and we're gonna do the
exact same shot exact same setup but
this time using the mag box because the
mag box is bigger it is closer here so
I'm actually gonna scoot it back just
ever so slightly just to kind of match
the difference with the mag sphere so
the max fear is gonna give you a harder
light basically more contrast whereas
the mag box the shadow is a lot more
subdued it's the contrast from light to
dark is a good very nice soft transition
over again that's what large lights do
is they give you a nice transition now
what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna make this
even more defined I'm gonna move my
light all the way to the side here and
this is what we call a position where
I'm gonna get a nice Rembrandt light so
Rembrandt light is a nice triangle on
the cheek it's a beautiful light I love
using this when I'm shooting in front of
windows but we're gonna replicate the
exact same thing with the mag box and
then we're gonna show you the difference
between the mag box in the max Q alright
so what you're gonna see in these
photographs is this beautiful soft light
now you're gonna see the same thing here
I'm gonna now put the mag sphere on the
Mac sphere is gonna be a harder light
source so instead of getting this nice
beautiful Rembrandt light it's gonna
look a little bit more like what we call
split lighting
alright so Mary looking right here okay
so what you're gonna notice here in
these photographs is that with the mag
sphere on the side it is a harder light
so basically we're getting what we call
split lighting this isn't the typical
position that I would use the max fear I
would usually use it further back or
like I said out of 45 degrees now
there's one more lighting and I want to
show you guys using both a mag box and
the mag spear and that's what we call
paramount light or butterfly light it's
essentially I'm going to put the light
just above the camera shooting down
towards our model and it usually just
kind of carves out the face so we're
gonna do that right now give me just a
second we'll swap these lights out
alright so now I have my light position
just overhead it's gonna create shadow
right underneath the nose and underneath
the neck but I want you guys to see the
difference between the mag sphere and
the mag box again the mag sphere is
gonna give us that harder light and the
mag box is gonna be a little bit softer
now let's go ahead and swap the mag
sphere with the mag box we're gonna keep
in the same location again just to show
you the difference between the two and
we should see a much softer real pretty
shadows right underneath the nose I'm
just gonna raise this just ever so
slightly so I can get my camera
underneath it but essentially right
about the same position here so now when
we look at these photographs you're
gonna see side-by-side that the shadow
from the mags fear versus the mag box is
obviously different the mag sphere is
gonna be a little bit harder shadow
whereas the mag box is nice and
beautiful and soft now again part light
and soft light there's not one that's
right or wrong you can use both
depending on what story you're trying to
tell with your photographs now here's a
few tips that I just want to share with
all of you when you're using the mag box
kind of a best best case on how to use
it right so first and foremost I like to
actually have my mag box just above eye
level so when I say just above eye level
I want to make sure that if my model for
example Mary right now she's sitting
down I'm just gonna look at her I'm
gonna make sure about the mid point of
the mag box is just above her now the
reason I like to do that as I like to
make sure that the shadow I'm getting a
little bit of fill underneath her neck
and underneath her nose if I go too high
with it
then I start losing that now all of a
sudden the light from the mag box
doesn't get underneath there so I want
to make sure that I I can show that now
the other side of that is if I go too
low I start putting light on our body
and I do less focus on the face so again
just above eye level is typically where
I like to put it as I mentioned
previously I like to use the 45 degrees
or even ninety degrees or over head
directly a couple more things is the
diffusion filter on the front
this is one of the most important things
when using a softbox if I take this
diffusion filter off my light is not
going to be nearly as soft as it is when
I actually have the diffusion filter on
now the cool thing with the mag box is
they have two different ones they have
both the soft fabric diffuser and the
focus diffuser so if you're looking for
more of a gridded softbox the focus of
users is the one you want to pick
alright so some of you might be asking
what about umbrellas so here's the thing
about umbrellas umbrellas will throw
light everywhere whereas the mag box
it's going to contain it right inside
this box and then it's going to come out
and put it exactly where you want it the
other disadvantage to umbrellas is the
wind loves to carry these things and
knock your flash and you're standing
everything to the ground so we will just
put that away so the very last tip I
want to share is that depending on the
size of my softbox I want to make sure
that I keep it really close to my
subject so again a 24 inch mag box I
usually like to keep it 24 to 36 inches
or roughly 2 to 4 feet usually anything
beyond 4 feet is a little bit far for me
and so typically I like to get it nice
and close you'll see a lot of my
pictures my subject will be right on the
edge of the frame and my mag box is
literally right outside the frame on
occasion I might have to shoot the mag
box inside the frame and just Photoshop
it out later but I try to avoid that
whenever possible
alright so let's wrap this up the nice
thing about the max fear is it does make
your bear flash about 250 percent bigger
it's super quick and portable and easy
modifier to take with you you can
literally smoosh it in your pocket or
any pocket in your bag
the other cool thing is it's
omnidirectional so it's great not only
off camera but on camera if you like and
then one of my favorite things to do is
actually I love stacking it with the Meg
grid so I'll put the mag grid on here to
get a nice focused beam of light and
then the max fear helps to transition on
the edges the advantages of the mag box
are you got this great direction of
light you got the focus diffused it acts
like a grid you got the first jello Bowl
softbox which is amazing and it's so
easy to set up and not only that but
it's a relatively large light source
when you get it in close to your
subjects by the way guys if there's
other mag line modifiers you'd like me
to compare be sure to let me know in the
comments below
I'd be happy to create those videos for
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