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Clean Front-Lit Portrait with Beauty Dish

2-light The primary lighting is from a single beauty dish with a grid, creating soft, even illumination. One light with simple reflector bounces from the ceiling. Black flags provide negative fill to enhance contrast. The overall effect is clean and professional. lighting setup for portrait / fashion with a Clean, professional, slightly commercial mood using Beauty dish, Grid, Black flags (negative fill).

2 lightsThe primary lighting is from a single beauty dish with a grid, creating soft, even illumination. One light with simple reflector bounces from the ceiling. Black flags provide negative fill to enhance contrast. The overall effect is clean and professional.Clean, professional, slightly commercialportrait

Lighting diagram

Clean Front-Lit Portrait with Beauty Dish — lighting diagram

Overview

A female model is lit with a single beauty dish with a grid positioned frontally, slightly above the camera. One Light behind the camera tilted towards the ceiling, as top bounce fill. Two black flags provide negative fill, creating soft and even lighting with medium contrast against an off-white paneled wall.

Gear & modifiers

Beauty dish
Grid
Black flags (negative fill)
simple bowl reflector

AI notes

A fill light behind the camera for a top bounce.

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