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Dramatic Portrait with Gelled Optical Snoot and Beauty Dish

2-light Two-point lighting with dramatic, colored key and soft fill. The key light creates a focused beam while the umbrella provides broad, soft illumination. lighting setup for fitness / fashion with a Artsy, dramatic, moody, warm, editorial. mood using Yellow gel, Optical snoot, Umbrella with defuser.

2 lightsTwo-point lighting with dramatic, colored key and soft fill. The key light creates a focused beam while the umbrella provides broad, soft illumination.Artsy, dramatic, moody, warm, editorial.fitness

Lighting diagram

Dramatic Portrait with Gelled Optical Snoot and Beauty Dish — lighting diagram

Complete setup guide

What this setup creates

A male model is lit with a yellow-gelled optical snoot for a dramatic, warm key light, softened by a large beauty dish as fill. The setup creates a high-contrast, moody portrait with a warm color tone.

Light placement

Key light camera left at 45 degrees, fill light camera right above subject. Reflector under chin area as additional fill.

How to build it

Key light is a continuous yellow-gelled optical snoot, fill light is a large white umbrella. White reflector used as additional fill.

Lighting style: Two-point lighting with dramatic, colored key and soft fill. The key light creates a focused beam while the umbrella provides broad, soft illumination.
Key light: 45 degree
Light quality: Hard light, Soft light, High contrast
Shadows: Dramatic shadows, Moody
Background: Seamless backdrop
Colour: Warm tones
Visual mood: Dramatic, Fashion-forward, Commercial clean, Cinematic

Camera settings

From the tutorial

Aperture: f/9
Shutter speed: 1/160s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 24-105mm

Lens specified as 24-105mm f/4, but f/9 is used. White balance not specified but likely daylight or custom to compensate for gel.

Gear & modifiers

Yellow gel
Optical snoot
Umbrella with defuser

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