What this setup creates
A studio portrait shoot featuring a female model, lit with a beauty dish as key light, and two hair lights with yellow and cyan gels for dramatic effect. A Background light with a red colour gel. The final image shows warm skin tones and cool hair accents against a dark, gradient background.
Light placement
One beauty dish with a grid for key light, positioned above and front. One hair light with yellow reflector on model's left. One hair light with cyan gel on model's right. A Background light with a red colour gel.
How to build it
One beauty dish with a grid for key light, positioned above and front. One hair light with yellow reflector on model's left. One hair light with cyan gel on model's right. A Background light with a red colour gel.
- Lighting style
- Dramatic and colorful with distinct hair and background lighting.
- Key light
- 45 degree
- Light quality
- Semi-hard, High contrast
- Shadows
- Dramatic shadows, Moody
- Background
- Colored gel, Ambient spill
- Colour
- Warm tones, Cool tones
- Visual mood
- Dramatic, Fashion-forward, Futuristic
Camera settings
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