What this setup creates
A detailed tutorial demonstrating a 3-light setup for a dark and dramatic charcoal face scrub product shot. The main product is a "Bombay Shaving Company Charcoal Face Scrub" tube, surrounded by charcoal pieces, positioned on a black cloth-covered surface. The setup utilizes three stripboxes as key, fill lights and backlight, and a third light positioned low and behind the product to create a gradient effect on the background. The final product shot features soft yet deep shadows, emphasising the product with a moody, high-contrast aesthetic.
Light placement
Two strip lights at 45-degree angles to the product. One Strip light as a rim light. One light positioned behind and below the product, aiming upwards towards the background.
How to build it
The lighting setup uses two strip lights positioned at 45-degree angles to the product, serving as key and fill. A third light is placed behind and below the product to illuminate the background and create a gradient. The fourth strip light is positioned behind the product to give a rim light.The final image has soft, deep shadows and a moody color palette.
- Lighting style
- Dark and dramatic with high contrast, emphasizing product texture.
- Key light
- 45 degree
- Light quality
- Soft light, High contrast
- Shadows
- Deep shadows, Dramatic shadows, Moody
- Background
- Pure black, Gradient background
- Colour
- Neutral, Monochrome
- Visual mood
- Commercial clean, Dark moody, Luxury, Premium
Camera settings
From the tutorial- Aperture
- f/9
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 24-105mm
- White balance
- Flash
Camera settings were extracted directly from the provided diagram within the video frames.
