Photo tip on why not to use a dome deffuser for Interior photography

In this video professional photographer Dom Bower explains and demonstrates why not to use a dome diffuser if you are doing any sort of interior architecture photography because it casts shadows.

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solidstream13 says:

Thanks for the tip

spid3r4ever says:

yes .. does help … thanks 😀

mixmaxdix says:

I don’t even have those dome diffusers, cause they are in general pointless if your objective is not to send the light in all directions…

nice video

hudasmt says:

I use the diffusion dome just to protect the glass of the flash

0ldSandwich says:

I use one because
A. it allows my gel filters to ‘fill’ out the cavity of the dome and maintain a distance of a few centimeters away from the flash bulb; they don’t melt even on the highest setting.
B. I got it for CHEAP!
C. It somewhat protects the flash

Tony Moore says:

Thanks.

Twinman2 says:

LOOOVE these vids, always so informative. Haha “throw this boy off, throw him away” but it’s a little hard for me to do, since it’s easily the most expensive piece of plastic I will ever own!

Hynee says:

I think most photogs think that a diffusion dome is like a small softbox, and will make shadows less harsh, but they don’t! (That’s in one of your prev videos). They have almost the same frontal area as a naked flash, so won’t do anything for your shadows. They will cover a wider area, so if your lens is shorter than 28mm equiv you need one, but that’s about it. That hurts bounce flash, as shown in this shot, it sends light forward when you just want to bounce.

135Weird531 says:

When do you need to use the the ‘white card’ out of your flash?

@135Weird531

use it when you want to bounce your flash on the ceiling …
that will get rid of the so famous **RACCOON EYES** on people 😉

TzumB says:

Great tip, thanks!
But man, what a depressing room..

brblackburn says:

Dude, this is the kind of shit that people ACTUALLY use! You, sir, are a bad ass and thank you for all the vids

frommanhattan42 says:

Great Informations! I have been shooting with bounce light, but to people. sometime defuser some time a small white cardboard, but i never pay attention at that! Thanks again Dom!

stewiek says:

exactly why im using a sony hvl f58am flash unit. no offence to the other makes of flashes out there but i think this sony flash wins hands down in indoor flash. with the bounce card, it gives a great white spot to the eye pupil w/o casting shadows on the subject.

peterwatson12 says:

Great video and information!

Lindsaywakelinphoto says:

Great thanks

bdahms says:

Very useful tip. Makes perfect sense now. Thank you!

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