Lighting setup

Dramatic Fashion Portrait with Blue Gradient

3-light Three-point lighting with dominant key light, subtle fill, and dramatic rim/background light. lighting setup for fashion / portrait with a Dramatic and artistic with cool tones. mood using Octabox with grid, Large umbrella, barn doors.

3 lightsThree-point lighting with dominant key light, subtle fill, and dramatic rim/background light.Dramatic and artistic with cool tones.fashion
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Dramatic Fashion Portrait with Blue Gradient — lighting diagram

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What this setup creates

A female model in a studio setting, lit with a three-light setup including a key octabox, a fill umbrella, and a background light with a blue gel. The final images feature a dramatic, artistic mood with cool tones and a blue background gradient.

Light placement

Key light: camera left, 45 degrees towards model. Fill light: high, directly in front of model. Background light: camera right, slightly behind model.

How to build it

Seamless white paper backdrop is used. Blue color gel on the Background light creates a blue gradient on the background.

Lighting style
Three-point lighting with dominant key light, subtle fill, and dramatic rim/background light.
Key light
45 degree
Light quality
Soft light, Diffused
Shadows
Clean shadows, Moody
Background
Gradient background, Seamless backdrop
Colour
Cool tones
Visual mood
Dramatic, Fashion-forward, Commercial clean

Camera settings

From the tutorial
Aperture
f/9
Shutter speed
1/160s
ISO
160
Focal length
24-105mm

Gear & modifiers

  • Octabox with grid
  • Large umbrella
  • barn doors
  • blue color gel
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