In photography, a snoot is a tube or similar object that fits over a studio light or portable flash and allows the photographer to control the direction and radius of the light beam.[1] These may be conical, cylindrical, or rectangular in shape. Snoots can isolate a subject when using a flash. They help by stopping "light spill", or when lighting falls in a larger footprint than intended.[2][3]
Snoots can be different lengths and diameter, also made of various materials, at a push 'in the field' it can be formed from corrugated card (double wall) but always remember, corrugate is not as strong as it used to be!
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References
- ^ "Lighting 101 Cereal Box Snoots" Strobist explains the use of snoots in flash photography
- ^ Richard Ferncase (22 April 1992). Basic Lighting Worktext for Film and Video. CRC Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-136-04418-2.
- ^ Hybinette, Maria (31 March 2011). "Assignment 9: On-Camera Flash". Art and Science of Photography CSCI 4900 / 6900. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
Neil's half-snoot to avoid light spillage…