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.