Lighting setup
5-light Glamour/Pageant lighting with color accent lighting setup for pageant / fashion with a Elegant and dramatic mood using Diffused umbrella (fill), Strip softbox with grid (hair light), Strobe with blue gel and barn doors (background/rim).
This video demonstrates a four-light setup for a pageant-style portrait. It uses a beauty dish with a grid for the key, a diffused umbrella for fill, a strip softbox for rim light, a bowl reflector with grid for hair light, and a blue-gelled strobe bounced off the wall for background separation and a cool rim light.
Key light to the right and above, fill light to the left and below, hair light behind and to the left, blue gel light bounced off wall behind subject.
Five-light setup with key, fill, hair, and a gelled accent light bounced off the background. Softboxes and umbrellas provide soft light. Blue gel adds a cool tone and background separation.
Inferred standard studio portrait settings for soft, well-exposed image with good depth of field.
3 lights · Dark, warm, and cinematic with controlled highlights, soft skin, and separation from the background.
3 lights · Polished and commercial, with a high-fashion sensibility.
2 lights · Elegant, glamorous, sophisticated, editorial.