What this setup creates
A detailed breakdown of a three-light studio setup for fashion photography, featuring a female model on a seamless white background. The setup uses two gridded backlights (strip and beauty dish) and a diffused umbrella as a key light for clean, commercial results.
Light placement
Backlight 1: camera right, Backlight 2: camera left, Key Light: front, overhead
How to build it
2 backlight, Backlight 1: from camera right, strip light with grid, Backlight 2: from camera left, beauty dish with grid, Key Light: umbrella with diffuser
- Lighting style
- Three-point lighting for clean separation and soft key.
- Key light
- Front light
- Light quality
- Soft light, Diffused, Low contrast
- Shadows
- Clean shadows, High-key
- Background
- Seamless backdrop, Pure white
- Colour
- Neutral, Warm tones
- Visual mood
- Commercial clean, Fashion-forward, Luxury
Camera settings
Suggested starting point- Aperture
- f/9
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 85mm
- White balance
- 5500K
Standard studio portrait settings for good depth of field and ambient light control.