Soft Beauty Lighting - The Easy Way | Mark Wallace | Exploring Photography

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Mark Wallace creates beautiful portraits in this episode using two umbrellas and a diffusion panel. Mark steps through the entire setup, showing you how to set up the key and kicker light, meter the scene, and adjust the position of the lights for maximum effect. Beautiful light doesn't have to be complicated - you can do this with simple tools in your home studio. Model: Destany https://www.instagram.com/destany_savannah/ __________________________________ ✘ PRODUCTS USED: Elinchrom Diffuser for 49" Deep Umbrella, Translucent https://www.adorama.com/el26762.html Elinchrom 49" Deep Umbrella, Silver https://www.adorama.com/el26353.html Elinchrom Umbrella To Go Kit with 41" Shallow Silver Umbrella and 41" Shallow White/Translucent Umbrella https://www.adorama.com/el26362.html Elinchrom ELC 500/500 Dual Kit https://www.adorama.com/el207372us.html Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Lens https://www.adorama.com/car241054ak.html Sekonic Speedmaster L-858D-U Light Meter https://www.adorama.com/skl858du.html Tether Tools TetherGuard LeverLock Plate https://www.adorama.com/tttgllp.html Matthews Hollywood Baby Jr. Triple Riser Stand https://www.adorama.com/mth386020.html Follow Mark https://www.instagram.com/jmarkwallace/ https://twitter.com/jmarkwallace https://www.facebook.com/jmarkwallace/ SUBSCRIBE AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY https://www.youtube.com/@UCFrmZQhRSVgnCreE0mM2QQg __________________________________ MORE ABOUT MARK Mark's Travels: http://www.markonabike.com/ Everything: http://www.markwallace.com/ BOOKMARKS 0:00 Introduction 0:59 Setting up a deep silver umbrella as the key light 2:20 Metering the key light 3:16 Adding diffusion to the umbrella 4:30 Setting the position of the key light 5:33 Adding a second umbrella as a kicker light 6:18 Setting the position of the kicker light 7:30 Metering the kicker light 8:30 Adjusting the exposure and final adjustments 9:32 A final look at the entire lighting setup 10:05 Final images from the shoot 10:35 Final thoughts and additional information