Creating Beautiful Portraits with Clamshell Lighting | Mark Wallace
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In this episode, Mark Wallace walks through his process of creating a simple beauty lighting setup with limited gear options: 1. Mark uses a beauty dish to create soft directional light. 2. Mark uses a small octabox and grid to control light spill. 3. A small softbox is added to fill in the shadows. This lighting setup is simple and easy to recreate, no matter what specific gear you own. SUBSCRIBE AND BE PART OF THE ADORAMA FAMILY: ➥ https://www.youtube.com/user/adoramaTV __________________________________ ✘ PRODUCTS USED: Profoto White Softlight Reflector (Beauty Dish) https://www.adorama.com/pp505507.html Profoto Honeycomb Grid for the Softlight Reflector https://www.adorama.com/pp505541.html Profoto D2 1000Ws AirTTL Monolight https://www.adorama.com/pp901013.html Profoto 2' Octagonal Off-Camera Flash Softbox http://www.adorama.com/PP101211.html Profoto Off-Camera Flash Speedring for Profoto B1 and B2 http://www.adorama.com/PP101210.html Profoto 2' Octagonal Off-Camera Flash Softgrid http://www.adorama.com/PP101212.html Matthews Baby Junior Triple Riser Stand with Wheels https://www.adorama.com/mth386020.html Matthews 40" Arm with Grip Head https://www.adorama.com/mt681013.html ✘ PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT USED: Sony ZV1 Vlogger Kit https://www.adorama.com/isozv1va.html #lightingsetup #lightingtutorial #adorama __________________________________ 0:00 Intro 0:20 Goals of the photoshoot 1:17 The basic lighting setup 1:53 Setting up the beauty dish 2:24 First setup photos 2:55 Adjusting the angle of the beauty dish 3:53 A closer look at the light spill 4:49 Setting up the 2' Octabox and grid 6:38 Which aperture value should you use in the studio? 8:19 Second setup photos 8:34 Fine-tuning the Octabox 9:44 Third setup photos 10:11 Adding a fill light 11:43 Shooting the final images 12:00 The final results 12:19 Final thoughts and reminders __________________________________ ❐ LET'S GET SOCIAL ❏ ➥ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/adorama/ ➥ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/adorama/ ➥ Twitter https://twitter.com/adorama ❐ MORE ADORAMA ❏ ➥ Podcast https://www.adorama.com/g/adorama-podcast# ➥ Blog https://www.adorama.com/alc/ ➥ Shop https://www.adorama.com/ __________________________________ RELATED VIDEOS: 50 Shades of White (wall) https://youtu.be/0YhdBlBptJ8 The Inverse Square Law https://youtu.be/nk9cTa3UthM Model: Sydney King https://www.instagram.com/sydshinemodeling/ Studio: Blok Photo Studio https://www.blokphotostudio.com/ Music Licensed from Audiosocket https://audiosocket.com/?fpr=markwallace Follow Mark https://www.instagram.com/jmarkwallace/ https://twitter.com/jmarkwallace https://www.youtube.com/user/snapfactory __________________________________ THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!
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