Lighting setup

Warm Two-Light Portrait with Octabox Key

2-light Balanced, soft lighting with minimal shadows. lighting setup for catalogue / e-commerce with a Elegant and warm, with a professional and clean aesthetic. mood using Large octabox, beauty dish.

2 lightsBalanced, soft lighting with minimal shadows.Elegant and warm, with a professional and clean aesthetic.catalogue
Lighting diagram
Warm Two-Light Portrait with Octabox Key — lighting diagram

Complete setup guide

What this setup creates

This video demonstrates a two-light studio portrait setup using a Bare beauty dish as the key light and a large octagonal softbox as fill. The model is photographed against a warm brown seamless background, resulting in a soft, warm, and natural-looking portrait.

Light placement

Key light to camera top, fill light to camera left. Fill is off-centred.

How to build it

The setup utilizes an beauty dish as the key light and a octabox as the fill, fill is positioned off-center.

Lighting style
Balanced, soft lighting with minimal shadows.
Key light
45 degree
Light quality
Soft light, Low contrast
Shadows
Clean shadows, Flat lighting
Background
Seamless backdrop
Colour
Warm tones, Neutral
Visual mood
Commercial clean, Premium, Fashion-forward

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 balanced exposure and sharp focus.

Gear & modifiers

  • Large octabox
  • beauty dish
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