One of my favorite BTS studio lighting setup videos. I love the diagrams and the setting details. Please continue. Please show even more of your photo results they are amazing. Needed content for new and professional photographers alike. This is in my morning refreshing watch playlist just to start my day creatively. 🙏🏽
This great I have similar kit, realistically speaking not many people have a 6x4 soft box or the space to use it. Thank you for the video I never used my soft box with that lighting setup before.
Totally! The 6x4 is so big, so I only get to use it when I'm in the studio. When I'm in a smaller space, I'd use my large umbrella with diffuser instead :)
Thank you Mam for sharing this amazing video. This really helped me in getting new knowledge. Your work is just exceptional and please keep sharing your knowledge, will be really really helpful for people like me 😊
Hey Gustavo, thanks so glad you like my work. I placed 2 polyboards on either side of the light and used no diffuser, so just a bare light head. The polyboards helped control and focus the spread of light, and by not using a diffuser I was able to get a stronger or more direct quality of light. Hope that helps :)
Great shots, great set up, and as you said great model as well! Just getting started with some studio photography, so really appreciate this video! Thanks! :)
Confused about the D1 on the background but pointing upwards (1st setup) Then, in the 2nd setup, the background has plenty of light on it, despite the light being flagged and subject at a distance from the background.
The studio has sheer panels on the roof so gets a lot of natural light, so when the sun is out and coming through it's much stronger, so sometimes I use more of the natural/ambient light. When it's cloudy or overcast though, it's obviously darker so sometimes need a light. In this setup though I was not trying to replicate the background and was happy for it be different looking between the two looks.
Thank you very much, that harsh shadow on the picture in the middle on the thumbnail is still a mystery for me, I would like to know how to create that.
Hey Fidelio, I explain how I achieved this in the second part of the video from time: 5:03. It's a strobe light (with no light modifier), shot directly toward the model at a downward 45 degree angle. Give it a try :)
Do you use one or two speedlights directed to the background? Because the background has the same brightness in every corner but it's strange if the light source is placed just from the one side!
Haha! Not really, the basics of the setup can be replicated in smaller studios, just obviously use smaller modifiers like an umbrella or smaller softbox :)
Haha yeah for sure you could definitely try that. I think Profoto actually allows you to sync some of their lights with an iphone camera too through their app.