Profoto 100972 Shallow Silver Umbrella 33"

The Profoto Shallow Silver Umbrella (100972) is a 33-inch (83.82cm), 8-rib reflective umbrella built around a high-reflective silver interior fabric. The shallow bowl geometry is a deliberate optical choice: compared to a deeper parabolic form, the shallower curve produces a more specular light with harder shadow transitions and a more concentrated hot spot — characteristics that benefit fashion, editorial, and beauty photographers who want visible contrast and modeling in their frames. The solid steel rod construction and heat-resistant fabrics reflect Profoto's commitment to production durability, and the 0.31" shaft fits the umbrella receivers on Profoto heads and most professional third-party strobes without adapters.

At 1.1 lbs and 23" folded, this umbrella is genuinely location-portable — it packs into a lighting tube alongside a stand and a monolight without adding meaningful weight to a travel kit. On set, the silver interior recovers more light than a white umbrella, effectively boosting your usable output by approximately one stop relative to equivalent white umbrella modifiers of the same diameter. That efficiency matters on location where you're running at lower power to preserve battery life or recycle speed. This is a specialist tool built for photographers who already know they want a hard, directional source — not an entry point for someone still exploring light quality. In the right hands, shooting editorial or product work that calls for definition and punch, it earns its place in a working modifier kit.