What this setup creates
A studio portrait of a woman in pink beachwear, using a soft octabox key light, a stripbox for fill/separation, and gelled backlights on a peach seamless background to create a warm, vibrant aesthetic.
Light placement
Key light: Camera right, slightly ahead of subject. Fill light: Camera left. Backlight 1: Overhead, behind subject, pink gel. Backlight 2 (separation): Camera right, behind subject.
How to build it
Seamless peach background with pink gel accent from overhead light creating a gradient. Second light used for separation on the right side of the subject. The stripbox on the left acts as a fill or subtle separation light.
- Lighting style
- Warm, high-key studio lighting with color accent.
- Key light
- 45 degree
- Light quality
- Soft light, Diffused
- Shadows
- Clean shadows, Flat lighting
- Background
- Seamless backdrop, Gradient background, Colored gel
- Colour
- Warm tones, Monochrome
- Visual mood
- Vintage, Fashion-forward, Commercial clean, Dreamy, Energetic, Natural
Camera settings
From the tutorial- Aperture
- f/9
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 24-105mm
Camera used: Canon R6 Mark II