The Flash Book

If You Need Really Big Light on a Budget

Now, if you want a really huge diffuser for really soft, wrapping light, but you’re on a really tight budget, you might want to at least consider Westcott’s 7' Parabolic Umbrella. It’s only $99, it’s monstrously huge, and it folds down like an umbrella because—well—it’s an umbrella. It sets up in like 30 seconds—you open the umbrella, slide it onto an umbrella tilt bracket (it doesn’t come with one, so tack on $24.50 for an Impact Umbrella Bracket with Adjustable Shoe), which should be sitting on top of a light stand (add another $20), and start shootin’. “But Scott, didn't you say a couple pages earlier ...