Name: Glow 40" Silver Umbrella
Brand: Glow
SKU: GLU40S
Price: 19.95 USD
Availability: BackOrder
Rating: 4.7 (186 reviews)

Glow GL-U

Glow 40" Silver Umbrella

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Shop the Glow 40" Silver Umbrella for durable, portable, and diffused lighting. Easy to use. Order today for professional results!

Under the Glow brand, the 40" Silver Umbrella emerges as an essential tool for photographers seeking to enhance their lighting setup with a durable, stylish, and functional accessory. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this high-quality umbrella is engineered to deliver an even and diffused lighting effect, ensuring maximum output with pronounced shadow contrast for dynamic imagery.The robust construction of the Glow 40" Silver Umbrella, from its resilient fabric to its sturdy frame ribs, sets a new standard for portable light control. Its design may appear straightforward, yet it boasts a black opaque layer that effectively minimizes light loss through the white interior fabric. This strategic design choice ensures that the umbrella provides stronger, more focused lighting, while maintaining soft shadow definition, making it especially suitable for projects that require higher light output and detail enhancement.Versatile in its application, the Glow 40" Silver Umbrella is not just a simple reflector; it is akin to a large parabolic reflector, leveraging the physics of parabolas to feather light with precision. Its conic section shape ensures that light aimed at the focal point is reflected off the entire surface at varying angles, yet exits the umbrella in parallel rays, creating a uniform and controlled lighting environment.Photographers will appreciate the Glow 40" Silver Umbrella for its ease of setup and portability, surpassing the convenience offered by traditional softboxes. It comes with a fitted, durable fabric pouch that ensures protection during transport and storage, eschewing the brittle nature of conventional plastic casings.When considering light modifiers, one must also reflect on the shape of catch lights in a portrait subject's eyes and the relative size of the modifier to the subject. The Glow 40" Silver Umbrella, with its significant size, allows for softer lighting effects and smoother transitions from highlights to shadows when placed closer to the subject. Conversely, smaller modifiers or increased distance will result in a harder lighting effect.In conclusion, the Glow 40" Silver Umbrella stands out as a versatile, high-quality choice for photographers who value strong, focused lighting and refined shadow detail. Its combination of functional design, ease of use, and the reputable Glow brand pedigree makes it a compelling addition to any photographer's toolkit.

works great, easy to set up, hasn't pinched my fingers once, didn't notice it transformed into a shoot through until i already bought it but that was a welcome surprise

good, cheap umbrella

I've never seen another umbrella with logo printed on them. It won't affect color much but knowing it is there and some light is passing through it makes me wanna buy something else instead.

it is a translucent umbrella. don't print a color logo on it.

For $15 you'd have to be crazy not to have this in your lighting kit. Super simple, setup doesn't get any easier than this.  Shoot through the white umbrella for a nice soft light. If you need more punch put the black cover over the umbrella and shoot into the slightly diffused silver and adjust distance accordingly.  Inexpensive, lightweight, compact, functional.

No better ROI as far as light modifiers go.

I do a lot of in home sessions and all my gear has to be able to save space. I'm excited to be able to use this umbrella- When I get to photograph newborn, I like to be able to have the white umbrella to soften the light on the baby, I have others but just don't feel that it is an even cast. This should really do the trick!

60 inch umbrella, Can't wait to use for next studio session

Great umbrella for the price. The light diffuses well. It collapses and goes up easily. The only small problem I have is that the pole dents if mounted a bit tighter than just snugly.

Great umbrella

For an Umbrella it does exactly what it is designed to do. Hold out the Rai- I mean, reflect light.

Setup with my lighting system works as intended, and I have no complaints.

Does great - Exactly what I'd expect

Would be 5 stars if the case actually had the handles pictured in the product description. Otherwise, good stuff.

Good but no strap as pictured

This umbrella is inexpensive enough that buying a plain white umbrella doesn't make sense.

Smart investment

Simple and Easy

10/10

Lighting

It really can't get much better.  It's an umbrella--it's solidly built, produces a great quality of light, and it's only $15 for 40", which is a substantial size!  On top of all this, it's multi-dimensional in the fact that you can either use it as a bounce or shoot-through style!  The removable black/silver backing comes off easily.  If I had to pick on anything I think they could choose a better attachment method for the backing, like a velcro fastening system instead of unlatching the metal attachments on the tips of the umbrella, but it's rather easy and quick.  It would be quicker to rip it off if it was fastened by velcro, but that's being very picky.  Listen, it's only $15, and it's solid materials with a nice case!  Get two--I did!!!

Fantastic umbrella and great quality, inexpensive light source for small groups!

Good quality umbrella, will definitely buy 1 more

Good quality umbrella

Always happy to get new gear from Adorama!!

Happy Happy!

Excellent product.  Serves its purpose, and at 72? can give extremely soft light.

Excellent

umbrella modifier

Precisely as advertised, works as a bounce or shoot through umbrella, wonderful value for the price.

Works as advertised.

umbrella

Umbrella

Very good quality build. I like the qualifier the case for the umbrella to help protect them.

40 inch Glow White Umbrella

Great value for price

Recently purchased 2 of these umbrellas to added to my OCF sent up as I am wanting to add OCF in my sessions. 

Have had a few trial runs with them and they are super cool. Easy to handle, soft light and spread. Totally happy with my purchase.

Fantastic product and addiction to my OCF set up.

Studio light

Shoot through or reflector is a nice option. Taking care when removing and installing the black/silver cover should ensure a relatively long life. I am happy with this purchase.

Shoot through or reflector is a nice option

Excellent value. Great umbrella. It?s the perfect size to use with my Flashpoint eVOLV 200. The bare bulb head fills the umbrella completely. The round head almost fille it completely.

Glow 40" Silver Umbrella

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