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Hi and welcome back.
Here’s a final from Saturday’s glamour workshop at Peter Fidalgo’s studio in Mass.
I used 5 lights to achieve this shot. You have to remember that every time you add light you add dimension to the image and also add separation from foreground to background.
In this shot, we used 5 strobes to literally wrap the model in light from all sides, enabling me to get key, hair, edge, and background lighting for the final shot.
Nikon D3, 105 f/2 DC lens
1/200 @ f/10, ISO 200, WB Daylight
The image was finished with Totally Rad Actions Portrait Retouch V2.
My coupon code for 15% off any TR product: 1434rhstudios
Here’s the final:
And here’s the BTS with the explanation of lighting:
Key: Hensel Integra 500, Phottix Luna Beauty Dish with sock
Reflector: California Sunbounce Sun Mover, silver side
Hair: Hensel Porty 1200 with Hensel kit 18×26 soft box
Edge: 2 Hensel Integra 500’s with Creative Light 1×4 strip boxes
Background: Alien Bee 800 with homemade Cinefoil snoot
This is an advanced setup that you can also do with speedlights. One of my attendees, Ed Daly, ask that question.
If I needed to do this shot with small flashes, here’s how I’d set it up:
Key: Phottix Luna with diffusion sock and SB910
Reflector: California Sunbounce Sun Mover, silver side
Hair: Lastolite 24×24 Ezybox with SB800, or Westcott Strip, or Rogue Flashbender
Edge: 2 Rogue XL Pro’s in strip box format with SB800’s
Backlight: Rogue 16 degree grid with SB800
Just swap out the strobes for speedlights and have fun.
That’s it for now. Till next time, it’s all about glamour!
