What this setup creates
An overhead light with a yellow gel as key, a fill with warm colour gel bounced off ceiling for a warm fill.
Light placement
One overhead key light on a stand; one fill light is bounced off the ceiling.
How to build it
One with an optical snoot on a stand, placed high and pointed downwards. It has yellow gel. A second light source is created by bouncing light off the ceiling with warm colour gell.
- Lighting style
- Dramatic and moody with warm, golden tones.
- Key light
- 45 degree
- Light quality
- Semi-hard, High contrast
- Shadows
- Deep shadows, Moody, Low-key
- Background
- Seamless backdrop
- Colour
- Warm tones
- Visual mood
- Dramatic, Luxury, Dark moody, Fashion-forward
Camera settings
Suggested starting point- Aperture
- f/8
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 85mm
- White balance
- 5500K
Inferred standard studio portrait settings for a continuous light setup to ensure adequate depth of field and ambient light rejection. White balance selected to avoid color casts from the yellow gel.