Barndoors & Gobos
Barndoors &gobos are usually rectangle in shape and attached to lighting fixtures to reflect light certain ways to give the photographer the perfect lighting to take the picture he desires. Barn doors are attached to the lighting and lets different angles hit the subject which is really helpful especially if your outside and here is why. As the sun moves through the sky and light is omitted you may have to change the lighting that you use and barndoors & gobos are the way people do this. Without these you could possibly have to keep moving the subject around or your lighting to accomplish what barndoors & gobos can in alot less time. Many times barndoors and & gobos are not used as often as they should be. one of the main reasons is people are not use to using them as much as they should. Barndoors & gobos is something many people don't understand how they work so they just don't mess with them. Veteran photographers understand that and use them often with some outstanding results. Lighting is crucial to any picture and if you have to much light as a photographer you must have waits to limit it or angle it where you want it to go and that is where barndoors & gobos come in and do their role.
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