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Gear
3x Striplights with orange gel on a three 500Ws monoblocks1x 150cm octabox with cyan gel on a 1000Ws monoblock1x normal reflector with orange gel on a 500Ws monoblock1x hand-painted Gravity background
Setup
Individual Light Sources
Downloads
For the pictures in the article, we used the light simulation Set.A.Light 3D. You can download the lighting setup and try everything for yourself.
The main light is a 150cm octabox with a cyan gel hanging from the ceiling in front of the model. The light is being feathered (See Setup # 2). From the left and right, two striplights create a symmetrical light edge and the whole scene is lit from the bottom-front with a third striplight, which also had an orange gel. Behind the model, there is another strobe with a normal reflector, which gives the background a vignetted effect. The background is a hand-painted backdrop by Gravity. These backgrounds fill the scene completely. Think of them as paintings; no painter would ignore large areas of a canvas. Their presence brings a great deal to the composition. The camera position was not easy, because you are using very big softboxes. The mix of focal length, distance, and position is a bit tricky. If you’ve never worked with Set.a.Light before, you should give it a try! There is also a free demo version on the website, which you can use to open our project file
