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Soft & Clean Portrait with Large Softbox and Bounced Fill

2-light Two-light soft portrait setup with bounced fill. lighting setup for catalogue / e-commerce with a Clean, natural, professional, soft, and inviting. mood using Large oval softbox (strip box), Black flag/cutter, Softbox with grid.

2 lightsTwo-light soft portrait setup with bounced fill.Clean, natural, professional, soft, and inviting.catalogue
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Soft & Clean Portrait with Large Softbox and Bounced Fill — lighting diagram

Complete setup guide

What this setup creates

This video demonstrates a two-light setup for creating soft, clean portraits on a white seamless background. The key light is a large oval softbox positioned at 45 degrees, and a second light is bounced off the ceiling for fill. A black cutter is used to control light spill.

Light placement

Key light camera right, fill light camera left bounced from ceiling.

How to build it

The primary light is a large oval softbox (possibly a strip box rotated) positioned at a 45-degree angle to the subject. A black cutter is used to prevent spill onto the background. A second light with a grid is bounced off the ceiling to provide soft fill. The background is a seamless white.

Lighting style
Two-light soft portrait setup with bounced fill.
Key light
45 degree
Light quality
Soft light, Diffused, Low contrast
Shadows
Clean shadows, Flat lighting
Background
Seamless backdrop, Pure white
Colour
Neutral
Visual mood
Commercial clean, Natural, Dreamy

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 clean, well-exposed image with good depth of field and stopped motion.

Gear & modifiers

  • Large oval softbox (strip box)
  • Black flag/cutter
  • Softbox with grid
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