What this setup creates
The video demonstrates a dramatic studio lighting setup featuring a snooted key light for a spotlight effect on the model and a red gelled light for the background creating a moody, high-contrast look suitable for fashion or editorial photography.
Light placement
Key light (snoot) above and angled down, background/rim light (red gel) behind and to the right, .
How to build it
A snoot is used as a key light to create a spotlight effect. A red gelled light serves as a background/rim light, casting a strong red hue. The background transitions between plain white and color-gelled.
- Lighting style
- Dramatic and high-contrast with a clear spotlight effect and color-gelled background.
- Key light
- 45 degree
- Light quality
- Hard light, Diffused, High contrast
- Shadows
- Deep shadows, Dramatic shadows, Moody
- Background
- Colored gel, Spotlight, Seamless backdrop
- Colour
- Warm tones, Neutral
- Visual mood
- Dramatic, Fashion-forward, Cinematic
Camera settings
Suggested starting point- Aperture
- f/8
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 85mm
- White balance
- Flash
Inferred standard studio portrait settings for controlled lighting and depth of field.