What this setup creates
This video demonstrates a fashion portrait lighting setup using a beauty dish with a grid as background light, a strip light as a key light, and a bowl reflector as rim light.
Light placement
A strip light is used as a Key light from the front-right. A bowl reflector is added as rim light from left of the subject. Another light, (beauty dish with grid), is placed behind the subject to light the background.
How to build it
A strip light is used as a Key light from the front-right. A bowl reflector is added as rim light from left of the subject. Another light, (beauty dish with grid), is placed behind the subject to light the background.
- Lighting style
- Key light provides a focused, semi-hard light with some fall-off, while the strip light opens up shadows. The background light creates a subtle gradient.
- Key light
- 45 degree
- Light quality
- Semi-hard, Diffused
- Shadows
- Clean shadows
- Background
- Seamless backdrop, Gradient background
- Colour
- Neutral, Warm tones
- Visual mood
- Fashion-forward, Commercial clean, Energetic
Camera settings
Suggested starting point- Aperture
- f/8
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 85mm
- White balance
- 5500K
Standard studio settings for balanced exposure and sharp focus.
