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Interview & Podcast Lighting Setups
Interview lighting needs to feel intentional without distracting from what's being said. These setups cover corporate three-point, documentary hard key, and soft window-light interviews.
- Three-point interview lighting (key, fill, rim)
- Documentary-style hard-light interview setups
- Soft natural-window interview lighting
- Two-person setups that flatter both angles
Setups in this category
3 setups
Studio Fashion Lookbook with Three-Light Setup
3 lights · Three-point lighting for clean separation and soft key. · Clean, professional, bright, commercial
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.
Placement: Backlight 1: camera right, Backlight 2: camera left, Key Light: front, overhead
Modifiers: Strip light with grid, Beauty dish with grid, Umbrella with diffuser
Dramatic Fashion Portrait with Blue Gradient
3 lights · Three-point lighting with dominant key light, subtle fill, and dramatic rim/background light. · Dramatic and artistic with cool tones.
A female model in a studio setting, lit with a three-light setup including a key octabox, a fill umbrella, and a background light with a blue gel. The final images feature a dramatic, artistic mood with cool tones and a blue background gradient.
Placement: Key light: camera left, 45 degrees towards model. Fill light: high, directly in front of model. Background light: camera right, slightly behind model.
Modifiers: Octabox with grid, Large umbrella, barn doors, blue color gel
Regal Indian Bridal Portrait
3 lights · Three-point lighting with kick/rim light and bounced fill. · Regal and elegant with warm tones
A tutorial demonstrating a three-light setup for a regal Indian bridal portrait. The key light is a bowl reflector to the front-right of the subject, a bare bulb with warm colour gell provides rim lighting from the back-left, and an umbrella provides fill from the front-left. The final look features rich colors and dramatic shadows.
Placement: Key light to the front-right, rim light from back-left, fill light from front-left with additional reflector for bounce.
Modifiers: Bowl reflector, Umbrella, Bare bulb, Warm gel, Reflector
Interview and podcast lighting — what you need to know
Talking-head lighting is about consistency across long takes and multiple cameras. Three-point is the baseline: a soft key just off the lens axis, a gentle fill to keep shadows readable on screen, and a rim to lift the subject off the background. For two people, mirror the key and share a background wash so neither guest looks like an afterthought. Light the background separately — a dark, unlit wall is the fastest way to look amateur. SetMyLight matches the rig to your light count.
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