I love the control of shooting in the studio. It’s my creative lighting playground where I have ultimate control. That being said, sometimes I love the look and feel of natural light. There are tools/techniques to help you emulate the feel of natural light, but with the control of studio lighting.
In this video, I want to show you how I used two lights and a specialty modifier to emulate the feel of evening sunlight coming in through a window.
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Light 1: Westcott Optical Spot
The first light on the scene is the ‘magical modifier’ that will allow you to create the look of sunlight through a window. The Westcott Optical Spot is a category of modifiers that involves a lens (to focus light) and a gobo (‘go between’) to allow you to select any shape you want to project onto your subject.
The Westcott Optical Spot allows you to choose whatever mount you need for your particular brand of lighting. In other words, this modifier will work for you whether you shoot Profoto, Broncolor, Bowens, Elinchrom, Godox, and more. Plus, you can swap out mounts in case you can different brands of lights or you change your mind in the future. I used the Profoto D2 and mount.
The Westcott Optical Spot comes with a lens that is fantastic for tight areas of light (for example just lighting the center of the face). The lens, however, can be swapped out for any EF-mount lens (Canon, Sigma, Tamron, etc)! In this shot we switched to an EF 24-70mm lens because it gave a great spread to the light, illuminating the subject from head to toe even over a short distance.
A gobo (in this instance) is a disk that you can put inside the modifier using the gobo holder. The shape you choose can then be sharpened or defocused (using the lens) when projected on the scene. In this shot, I slightly softened the edges of the shadow to give a slightly more realistic quality to the effect. The Westcott Optical Spot comes with several gobos, and there are expansion packs available.
Light 2: Large Umbrella with Diffusion
Next, I decided to add a fill light. If there really were natural light coming in through a window it is likely that it would bounce around the room and fill in the shadows. Furthermore, not having pure dark shadows would add a bit more visual interest and depth to the scene.
For that reason, I added a Profoto Large Umbrella with Diffusion straight onto the frame to lift the shadows.
If you really want to sell the look of sunset light, you may want to push the idea even more in post-processing or with white balance.
Try a different white balance rather than just shooting on a flash or daylight presets. Consider shade or cloudy white balance to warm up the shot and give a more convincing evening light.
You can also try adjusting colors and white balance in post-processing. In this shot, I was shooting tethered into CaptureOne, and I adjusted the warmth of the scene (white balance) as well as added yellow to the highlights of the subject and a bit of red/magenta to the shadows.
Last but not least, I recommend shooting at a slightly wider aperture. Having the background out of focus a bit and a tiny bit narrow depth of field will help ‘trick’ the viewer into believing you are shooting natural light. In this image, I chose to shoot at F4 because I was shooting with the Canon R5 and Canon RF 24-105 (F4 is its widest aperture). Shooting with a different lens at F2.8 or wider may have created even more believable/pleasing results.
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✘ PRODUCTS USED:
Profoto D2
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Westcott Optical Spot
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Westcott Gobo Kit
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Profoto Large/XL Umbrella with Diffusion
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Canon EF 24-70mm 2.8
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Canon R5
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Canon RF 24-105mm 4.0
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Avenger Rolling Stand
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Avenger D600 Arm
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28 авг 2024