Creative Light 100824 User manual

Brand: Creative Light

Model: 100824

Type: User manual

LIGHT SHAPING TOOLS

FOR TODAYS PRO

/ CREATIVE LIGHT /

Creative Light is an international photographic lighting accessory

company combining years of experience with proven Swedish

designs. Every single tool is produced with exceptional quality at

a competitive price.

The brand was created by photographers for photographers.

Ergonomic design helps the working pro to achieve lighting goals

easily and quickly with minimal eort. The equipment can be

successfully used both in studios and on location.

A full and ever-expanding line of soboxes, reﬂectors, umbrellas,

light stands and accessories, designed with the same stringent

requirements, is now ready to help photographers in their work.

Welcome to Creative Light.

/ SOFTBOXES /

With two families of Creative Light Soboxes, the only limitation

is your imagination. Both the Recessed Front (RF) Soboxes and

the Flat Front (FF) Soboxes have a unique high-eciency silver

lining that ensures more light reaches the subject than other

brands. It also reﬂects the light back and forth within the box

itself, homogenizing it. This ensures that when the light reaches

the front of the sobox, it’s completely even from edge to edge,

regardless what size box is used.

All soboxes feature a removable interior, and external diuser.

When both are used, edge-to-edge light is guaranteed. When

removing the a single, or all the baes.

All Creative Light Soboxes are constructed with reinforced

stitching, ensuring no light is lost through the seams. Also unique

to Creative Light Soboxes is the use of all ﬂexible steel rods

rather than aluminum or ﬁberglass. The rigidity of steel maintains

the shape of the sobox regardless of working conditions. These

steel rods form the heat-resistant fabric and is perfect ﬂash units

of any power or contnuious lighting up to 500 watts.

/ SOFTBOX RF SQUARE /

60x60 cm 2x2  100807

/ SOFTBOX RF RECTANGLE /

40x60 cm 1.3x2  100803

60x90 cm 2x3  100804

90x120 cm 3x4  100805

/ SOFTBOX RF STRIP /

30x90 cm 1x3  100801

30x120 cm 1x4  100802

/ SOFTBOX RF OCTAGON /

Ø 90 cm (3’) 100806

Ø 150 cm 5  100814

/ SOFTBOX RF /

RF soboxes are designed with a recessed

velcro front to accept our full line of sogrids.

Giving you even edge to edge lighting, and

control over fallo and spill.

The front diuser is recessed from the edge of the sobox. This

slight deviation from the FF soboxes proﬁle permits the 2 inches

at the end of the sobox to aid in reducing the amount of spill.

Of course, if the image requires even more control a complete

set of So Grids are available for the most popular sizes for even

further lighting control.

Available in 8 sizes, the Creative Light RF soboxes are designed

to meet the strict requirements of today’s top professionals.

Photographer: Jensen Walker

Location: Sun Studios NYC, USA

Equipement: 2 1x4’ RF Soboxes w/sogrids (Accent Light)

1 3’Octa RF Sotbox w/sogrid (Key Light)

1 5’Octa RF Sobox (Fill Light)

/ SOFTBOX FF SQUARE /

40 x 40 cm (1.3 x 1.3’) 100808

/ SOFTBOX FF RECTANGLE /

20 x 30 cm (0.6 x 1’) 100813

40 x 60 cm (1.3 x 2’) 100809

60x90 cm (2 x 3’) 100811

90x120 cm (3 x 4’) 100812

/ SOFTBOX FF STRIP /

30 x 90 cm (3’) 100810

/ SOFTBOX FF /

FF soboxes are designed with a full front

diuser. Great for creating seamless edges

with other soboxes or illuminated surfaces.

Creative Light Flat Front (FF) soboxes are silver-lined and have

an exterior diuser that stretches over the outer edge of the

sobox. This allows for 100% coverage of the front surface. The

even illumination permits multiple boxes to be stacked together

to create larger, near-seamless light sources for bigger subjects.

Available in 6 sizes, the Creative Light FF soboxes are true to the

Creative Light pledge of quality and performance at a price more

aordable than the Recessed Front Line.

Photographer: Jensen Walker

Location: Sun Studios NYC, USA

Equipement: 2 3x4’ FF Soboxes

Note: the full catch lights is the models eyes. This was created by

stacking two soboxes to create a large ﬂoor to ceiling window eect.

/ GRID RF SQUARE /

60 x 60 cm (2 x 2’) 254594

/ GRID RF RECTANGLE /

40x60 cm (1.3 x 2’) 254593

60x90 cm (2 x 3’) 254595

/ GRID RF STRIP /

30x90 cm (1 x 3’) 254591

30x120 cm (1 x 4’) 254592

/ GRIDS /

Sogrids give you the ability to have even

more control over the spill of CL Soboxes.

Creative Light Sogrids are designed for use with the RF series

of Creative Light Soboxes. Attached to the Velcro at the leading

edge of the sobox, they can be attached and removed very

quickly. Reducing the angle of light to 50 degrees, they add

additional control when you need to ensure light is only striking

the subject or background where you want it.

Their so-sided, foldable design makes them very portable.

So they can be with you wherever your shooting schedule

takes you.

Photographer: Jensen Walker

Location: Sun Studios NYC, USA

Equipement: 2 1x4’ RF Soboxes w/sogrids

/ AVAILABLE FOR /

Bowens 100829

Broncolor Pulso 100823

Broncolor Visatec 100832

Calumet 100829

Canon 100831

Comet 100835

Dynalight 2 100828

Elinchrom 100830

Hasselblad-40 100825

Hensel Expert 100827

Lumedyne 100825

Multiblitz Proﬁlux 100833

Multiblitz Varilux 100834

Nikon 100831

Norman 100825

Novatron 2 100826

Photogenic 100824

Photona 100837

/ SPEEDRINGS /

Designed to hold your shoe mounted ﬂash,

monolight or strobe head. Creative light

speedrings help you put our soboxes where

you need them.

Used to attach the Creative Light Soboxes to the light source,

there are speedrings currently available for the most popular

brands of electronic ﬂash. Each speedring oers the solid

aluminum sobox collar combined the individual mounting ﬂange

for your speciﬁc brand of light. When using square or rectangular

soboxes, rotating the box oers additional control. However, not

all brands of ﬂash allow for this rotation form the head. Luckily,

all Creative Light Speedrings oer 360 degree of rotation so

regardless of which sobox you are using, or what brand of ﬂash

you are using, full control is still possible.

Finally, rods on all CL Soboxes are color coded to make assembly

simple. Just match the color with the appropriate color-coded

hole on the CL Speed ring. Whether you are using a square,

octagonal or rectangular sobox, set up is easy.

Photographer: Jensen Walker

Location: Sun Studios NYC, USA

Equipement: 2x3’ RF Soboxe attached to shoemount speedring.

Note the even fallo created by using a small sobox on a simple shoe mounted

ﬂash. The sobox was ecient enough to shoot at IS0 100, f14 at 1/200 of a

second using a shoemounted speedlight.

Profoto 100821

Propet A 100836

Quantum 100825

Speedotron 100822

Sunpak 100825

Sunstar 100838

/ CREATIVE USE / SOFTBOXES

cre•a•tive [kree-ey-tiv]

–adjective

1.having the quality or power of creating.

Photographer: Kevin Obrien

Location: Sun Studios NYC, USA

Equipement: 1 5’Octa RF Sobox

One approach to working with a single light is as follows. Position

it, then compose your subject within it. It’s similar to working

with the sun. You examine where the light is most intense, where

it falls o, make adjustments, and take your photo. Stop. Look.

Consider. Make a decision on how to compose your image. The

unique quality of light from a CL sobox gives you the power to

create something dramatic.

/ REFLECTORS /

Creative Light reﬂectors oer a simple solution instead of adding

additional lights. Bouncing available light to open shadows,

increase contrast or to change the direction of a light is easy

with one of the two reﬂectors designs.

The simple, spring-loaded design pops open and instantly

achieves its full size. A step up from the reﬂectors, the

Deluxe reﬂector with its triangular shaped versions

allow for a signiﬁcant increase in the ease of

handling. One corner of the Deluxe reﬂector has

a so padded handle making positioning and use

of the reﬂector even simpler.

The simplicity is what-you-see-is-what-you-

get. Whether the modeling light of a ﬂash is guiding

your positioning, or you are using the continuous

light of the sun or hot light, you see the direction and

shape of the light and how it aects the subject. You

also see how the reﬂector surface can alter color and

contrast.

/ WHITE SURFACE /

The white fabric reﬂects light with

a lower contrast, soening the

detail and contours of the subject

while delivering a neutral color

temperature.

/ TRANSLUCENT SURFACE /

The neutral semi-shear fabric

reduces the light intensity by

approximately 1 f/stops while

soening and evening it.

/ SILVER SURFACE /

The exclusive silver fabric reﬂects

light with a higher contrast,

increasing the detail and contours

of the subject while delivering a

neutral color temperature.

/ GOLD SURFACE /

With overall warming in excess

of 500 degrees Kelvin, the gold

surface can add character and

warmth to any subject.

/ SUNFIRE SURFACE /

While still giving you an increase in

contrast and detail but with a more

subtle warming eect, simulating

dusk (-300Kelvin) on a warm

summer evening.

/ SUNLIGHT SURFACE/

The perfect combination of the

Silver and Gold reﬂectors oers the

same increase in contrast and detail

but with a more subtle warming

eect.

/ REFLECTORS /

One Assistant holding two reﬂectors.

Battling against the elements.

Triangular. Designed with the photographer in mind. Easy to hold

and fold. Triangles have been used to support bridges for years,

and this name structure is built into deluxe reﬂectors in order to

prevent the elements from taking over.

Maximize your surface area on locaiton

and minimize it during travel.

The circular reﬂector is the standard for many years. They give

you teh maximum surface area, while still being able to fold down

to less than a quarter of its size. Its shape also enables for circular

catch lights, which give a very natural look when used close to

the face.

All Creative Light Reﬂectors come with a high quality, so-sided

storage case. Reﬂector accessory, see Reﬂector holder page 33.

/ REFLECTOR DELUXE

GOLD - SILVER /

60 cm (24”) 100884

80 cm (33”) 100888

120 cm (47”) 100892

/ REFLECTOR DELUXE

TRANSLUCENT /

60 cm (24”) 100881

80 cm (33”) 100885

120 cm (47”) 100889

/ REFLECTOR DELUXE

SILVER - WHITE /

60 cm (24”) 100882

80 cm (33”) 100886

120 cm (47”) 100890

/ REFLECTOR DELUXE

SUNFIRE - WHITE /

60 cm (24”) 100883

80 cm (33”) 100887

120 cm (47”) 100891

/ REFLECTOR

GOLD - SILVER /

60 cm (24”) 100847

80 cm (33”) 100848

120 cm (47”) 100849

/ REFLECTOR

TRANSLUCENT /

60 cm (24”) 100844

80 cm (33”) 100845

120 cm (47”) 100846

/ REFLECTOR

SILVER - WHITE /

60 cm (24”) 100841

80 cm (33”) 100842

120 cm (47”) 100843

/ REFLECTOR

SUNLIGHT - WHITE /

60 cm (24”) 100853

80 cm (33”) 100854

120 cm (47”) 100855

Photographer: Jensen Walker

Location: Sun Studios NYC, USA

Equipement: 47in’ Translucent Reﬂector,

47in’ Delux Silver/White Reﬂector (Silver Side Used)

/ CREATIVE USE / REFLECTORS

cre•a•tive [kree-ey-tiv]

–adjective

2 . resulting from originality of thought, expression,

etc.; imaginative: creative lighting.

The sun is our original light source. It’s free, reliable, and for

our purposes, essentially unending. It’s up to photographers to

apply it as creatively as they wish. How expressively you wish to

make it come to life is up to you. It can be soened, reﬂected,

or both, among other formative approaches. Tame nature.

Get natural lighting eects without letting nature take control of

your creativity.

AFTER

BEFORE

/ UMBRELLAS /

The starting point of most photographers lighting toolboxes,

umbrellas oer versatility and convenience in one easily

portable package.

Three surfaces to choose from ensure there is a Creative Light

umbrella for every need. Whether you choose white umbrellas

for the smooth so light, Silver for the higher contrast “punch,”

Translucent for the direct, diuse light or the Sobox Umbrella

for its so directional lighting eect, all Creative Light umbrellas

oer the same high-quality construction putting them light years

ahead of the competition.

Special alloy composites mean the frame, locking mechanism

and joints are ﬂexible enough to handle the use and abuse of

the real world, while being rigid enough to hold its shape when

it really counts -- on set. The universal 8 mm sha guaranties

compatibility with all brands of ﬂash. Creative Light Umbrellas

are also approved for use with continuous hot lights, up to

500 watts.

All four model Creative Light umbrellas come standard with a

heavy duty, so-sided storage case ensuring long life.

/ UMBRELLA SILVER /

/ UMBRELLA WHITE /

Creative Light White Umbrellas oer a so even light that can

be adjusted by changing the distance between the light source

and the interior surface (light design permitting). The wide, even

spread of light can easily be used for everything from a single

main light, to multiple white umbrellas evenly illuminating a

background. Larger size CL White umbrellas oer a soer omni

directional light for broader, lower contrast light.

The higher contrast of the CL Silver Umbrella provides a sharper

look and feel, while also giving you a stop more light. This sharper

light shows more detail and subtitle nuances in the subject’s

surface while still maintaining a so overall appearance. Since

soness is determined by the size of the reﬂector in relation to

the size of the subject, you can maintain the higher contrast of

the silver umbrella and make the light soer by moving it in closer

to the subject or choosing a larger size umb

65 cm (25”) 100867

85 cm (33”) 100868

105 cm (41”) 100869

65 cm (25”) 100864

85 cm (33”) 100865

105 cm (41”) 100866

The Translucent Umbrella is designed to shoot through. While

most umbrellas point the light away from the subject to allow

light to reﬂect back to the subject, the translucent umbrella works

the opposite way. By positioning the back of the umbrella directly

at the subject, thus light source shines in the same direction. The

light can be soened by choosing a larger size translucent umbrella

and sliding the sha of the umbrella so the ﬂash is further away

from the fabric.

The Sobox Umbrellas is truly a unique lighting tool. Combining

the directional quality of the umbrella, with the soness and

evenness of a sobox, the Creative Light Sobox umbrella was

conceived as a one step set-up solution for some of the trickiest

lighting situations.

The non-removable translucent fabric covers the front of the

umbrella. So as light reﬂects from the neutral white fabric, it

passes through the translucent layer soening the light.

/ UMBRELLA TRANSLUCENT /

/ UMBRELLA SOFTBOX /

65 cm (25”) 100861

85 cm (33”) 100862

105 cm (41”) 100863

105 cm (41”) 100870

/ TRANSLUCENT & SOFTBOX UMBRELLAS /

/ WHITE & SILVER UMBRELLAS /

/ CREATIVE USE / UMBRELLAS

cre•a•tive [kree-ey-tiv]

–adjective

4. Facetious. using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information,

etc.: creative bookkeeping.

Photographer: Kevin Obrien

Location: Sun Studios NYC, USA

Equipement: 1 5’Octa RF Sobox

By using the sobox in an unconventional position, exaggerated

yet stunning and artistic results can occur. This image was

created by intentionally skewing customary sobox practice.

The modeling light was only used to help focus attention on the

subject, and its strobe was turned o. The ﬂat front was able to

reﬂect enough light to provide minimal ﬁll to the subject, but this

was only lit with one umbrella. Creativity with a slant

/ STANDS /

Regardless of the type of photography you do, Creative Light

Stands will support you. Computer-aided design allows for

the reduced weight of these aluminum alloy light stands

without sacriﬁcing durability or structural integrity you

expect in a professional duty light stand. By simulating use

through soware, key stress points are reinforced, while

the center of gravity is precisely positioned, allowing these

light stands to be lightweight yet oer the stability of much

heavier products.

/ STANDS /

Regardless of the type of photography you

do, Creative Light Stands will support you.

Available in the most popular sizes, the naming of the products

explain the number of sections and the height of the light stand.

As an example, the LS413 stand is a 4 section 13 foot stand, the

LS38 is a standard 3 section, 8 foot stand.

/ BACKGROUND STAND /

LS22 101101

/ BACKLIGHT STAND/

LS22 101101

/ 13’ BOOM /

LS413B 101105

/ 13’ STAND /

LS413 101106

/ 6’ TRAVEL STAND /

LS56 101104

/ COMPACT 8’ STAND /

LS48 101103

/ REFLECTOR ACCESSORY /

/ STAND ACCESSORY /

When you just don't have enough hands to

hold everything, the Creative Light Reﬂector

Holder can help.

Attaching directly to any Creative Light Stand (and most other

brands), the Reﬂector Holder holds the reﬂector in two positions

to make sure it stays in place. The adjustable arm ensures you can

position the Reﬂector where needed, quickly and easily.

50 cm 20 in. 100897

/ LIGHT SHED /

Light Sheds by Creative Light are collapsible

photo studios that are perfectly designed for

small product photography.

Available in two sizes, Light Sheds have metal frames covered in

a translucent fabric to provide perfectly even illumination. The six

sided construction means lights can be placed anywhere outside

the box.

Perfect for small product photography with ﬂash or hot lights,

the Creative Light Light Sheds come standard with 2 removable

colored background fabrics that attach with Velcro to ensure

they stay in place. Changing the look is as simple as changing or

removing the fabric. To add additional versatility, use your own

backgrounds to create a custom look.

50 cm 20 in. 100897

80 cm 32 in. 100898

LS22 LS38 LS48 LS56 LS413 LS413B

Load at Max Ext. cm / kg

87 cm / 3 kg 249 cm / 5 kg 244 cm / 4 kg 184 cm / 1.5 kg 385 cm / 9 kg 400 cm / 8 kg

Load at Max Ext.  / lbs

2.8’ / 6.6 lbs 8.2’ / 11 lbs 8’ / 8.8 lbs 6’ / 3.3 lbs 13’ / 20 lbs 13’ / 18 lbs

Load at Min Ext. cm / kg

9 cm / 9 kgs 108 cm / 15 kgs 89 cm / 12 kgs 51 cm / 4.5 kgs 134 cm / 25 kgs 138.5 cm / 22 kgs

Load at Min Ext. in (lbs)

0.3 cm / 20 lbs 3.5 cm / 33 lbs 2.9 cm / 26 lbs 1.7 cm / 9.9 lbs 4.4 cm / 55 lbs 4.5 cm / 45 lbs

Folded cm ()

48 cm (1.6 lbs) 89.5 cm (2.9 lbs) 72.5 cm (2.4 lbs) 51 cm (1.7 lbs) 114 cm (3.7 lbs) 120 cm (3.9 lbs)

Weight kg (lbs)

1.16 kgs (2.55 lbs) 1.53 kgs (3.40 lbs) 1.23 kgs (2.70 lbs) 1.03 kgs (2.30 lbs) 2.5 kgs (5.5 lbs) 3.13 kgs (6.9 lbs)

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Photographer: Baldomero Fernandez

Location: Sun Studios NYC, USA

Equipement: 3 1x4’ RF Soboxes w/sogrid (bottom Background Lights)

1 1x4’ RF Sobox w/sogrid

1 3’Octa RF Sotbox w/sogrid (Key Light)

1 5’Octa RF Sobox (Fill Light)

1 Profoto Zoomspot

1 Large Gold Deluxe Reﬂector

1 Large Translucent Reﬂector

/ BEHIND THE SCENCE /

BALDOMERO FERNENDEZ /

Celebrity, fashion and portrait photographer

Baldomero Fernandez was the ﬁrst

photographer in the world to use Creative

Light tools.

Without knowing what his direction would be once approached

to do the shoot, his initial concept would prove to be an excellent

application of new lighting tools. Baldomero’s plan was to showcase

the theme of light. Speciﬁcally, he wanted to recreate the aurora

borealis or northern lights visible from Scandinavian countries.

Baldomero’s use of lighting was not only a demonstration of how

the new products could be used, but also paid respect to the

lineage of the brand.

During his preproduction research Baldomero came across NASA

images of the aurora borealis. These photos became the reference

material he used to explain the shoot to his production team.

“Light has a big part in my photos. Lighting creates mood,”

says Baldomero. “I don’t necessarily use lights the way they’re

supposed to be used, or designed to be used.” For example, the

aurora borealis was primarily created by removing the inner bae

and outer diuser of the new Creative Light soboxes. He then

added only 50 degree sogrids. The cast shadows from the

sogrids aided in creating the glowing eect on the northern

lights background. He was even able to pick up small details, such

as a golden glint of light on the model’s leg when wearing the

white dress by having her stand on reﬂectors.

“ The challenge on this shoot was to create

an ambient scene that’s dark and has some

color at the same time, yet not washing

the scene out. Keeping the model light and

the background dark in a small space is not

always easy.”

A three-foot octa was used overhead to light the model’s face.

Creative Light’s new reﬂector with a handle also was used

extensively for ﬁll. A ﬁve-foot octa was used from behind. The

ionospheric eects were further enhanced in Photoshop by

incorporating some vertical streaking.

The ability to brake down the Creative Light soboxes to just use

a corner of the reﬂectors made these tools versatile enough to

create the stunning images used in this brochure. By looking at

the before and aer shots, one can see the quality of light was

easily established without the need to completely copy and paste

in new backgrounds digitally.

“Creative Light oers a lot of ﬂexibility. You’re able to take them

apart. You don’t always want to use a sobox the way it’s meant

to be used. That’s what I like about these products on this shoot.

I’m able to use them in dierent ways than they were designed to

be used. Versatility and ﬂexibility -- you need them in tools and

and that’s what you look for in tools -- something you can use in

a lot of dierent ways.”

The aurora borealis phenomenon is an interaction between the

Earth’s magnetic ﬁeld and solar wind. The visually-inspiring

collision of charged particles proved to be the spark Baldomero

Fernandez was searching for to put his new Creative Light gear to

the test. By applying new hardware in unconventional ways, this

accomplished photographer achieved stellar results.

/ THANKYOU /

We appreciate you taking the time to examine the photography

presented in this brochure. We hope the photographers

represented here and the Creative Light tools they’ve employed

will encourage your own desire to create photos completely

original and wholly yours. To see how all the images in this

brochure were designed and executed, visit www.creativelight.

com.

www.CreativeLight.com

Creative Light

8 Westchester Plaza, Elmsford, N.Y. 10523, USA

Tel: 914-347-3300. Fax: 914-347-3309.

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Model: 100824

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