What this setup creates
A studio fashion shot of a female model lit with a parabolic softbox key light and a yellow-gelled strobe on a white seamless background.
Light placement
Key light to the left of the model at 45 degrees, background light behind and to the right.
How to build it
The key light is a large parabolic softbox with a grid, positioned left-front of the model for soft, directional light. The background light is a strobe with barn doors and a yellow gel, aimed at the white seamless paper to create a colored gradient. Camera settings are explicitly provided in the lighting diagram. The final images show a warm color tone due to the yellow gel.
- Lighting style
- Key light creates soft, diffused illumination with a subtle butterfly or loop effect. Background light adds a warm color accent.
- Key light
- 45 degree
- Light quality
- Soft light, Diffused
- Shadows
- Clean shadows
- Background
- Colored gel, Seamless backdrop, Gradient background
- Colour
- Warm tones
- Visual mood
- Fashion-forward, Premium, Commercial clean
Camera settings
From the tutorial- Aperture
- f/9
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 24-105mm
Camera: Canon R6 m2. Focal length range provided, specific focal length used isn't. White balance not specified, defaulting to '—'.
