White translucent umbrellas are used as an inexpensive and effective way to spread out a light that will cover approximately a 1.5 yard (1.4 meter) area.

Shoot through umbrellas are, in our opinion, the best type of lighting modifier for beginning flash photographers. The reason we like using these umbrellas is that they create very soft light, they are inexpensive, and they have a wide enough lighting pattern that they are easy to position and aim. Using a shoot through can cover up a lot of rookie mistakes made by newer flash photographers.