This is an image from a fashion-catalog shoot in Spain. We shot at a daylight studio with a large overhead window and sliding glass doors, which gave us nice ambient light and some direct sunlight for effects.
Category Archives: Fashion Photography Lighting basics: Studio
Another beauty shot taken with a focusable fresnel tungsten spot. I use an ARRI 1000w in this case. I always had a thing for “Hollywood diva” style beauty-shots. Even though these fresnel spots produce some of the hardest light imaginable, they can be very flattering for woman’s face.
This light is a bit tricky because it will show every single imperfection and blemish on the skin. The contrast ratio can be adjusted using a white reflector or foamboard on the opposite side of the softbox.
This shot for the packaging of a beauty-product was done in a classic beauty setup: A large softbox right above the camera with a soft bounce from below. You can see this kind of light in dozens of beauty ads in magazines. Using white or silver reflectors you can easily create several variations of this.
Another ringflash beauty shot. Just like in Ringflash beauty shot 1 the model was about 10 feet away from the background. In this case we used a white studio wall, which was lit by 2 strobes, both with white umbrellas.
