What this setup creates
A studio portrait lighting setup featuring a single octabox key light and a large white reflector for soft, even illumination. The subject is a female model against a seamless fabric backdrop with warm, natural tones. Camera settings are extracted from an on-screen diagram.
Light placement
One octabox off-center to the right, feathered for broad soft light. A large thermocol reflector positioned on the left for fill light. The background is a seamless light-colored fabric.
How to build it
The octabox is positioned off-center to the right, feathered for broad soft light. A large thermocol reflector fills shadows on the left. The background is a seamless light-colored fabric. Bare branches are used as a prop in the final shots.
- Lighting style
- Soft, warm, and evenly diffused with controlled shadows.
- Key light
- 45 degree
- Light quality
- Soft light, Diffused, Low contrast
- Shadows
- Clean shadows, Flat lighting
- Background
- Seamless backdrop
- Colour
- Warm tones, Neutral
- Visual mood
- Natural, Commercial clean, Dreamy
Camera settings
From the tutorial- Aperture
- f/9
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 24-105mm
Camera: Canon R6 m2