Five High-Key Beauty Portraits With One Light

One Light. Plus Tons of Reflector Boards.

• [skipto time=0:00]00:00 – Team: Jeff & Allee[/skipto]
• [skipto time=0:04]00:04 – Concept:[/skipto] Creating High Key Beauty Portraits with just One Light
• [skipto time=0:14]00:14 – Basic Setting:[/skipto] C-Stand incl. Diffusion Fabric & Strobe, V-Flats, Reflector Cards
• [skipto time=0:42]00:42 – Light Setup #1:[/skipto] Backlit > Diffusion Fabric & Strobe, Test Shot, Result, Challenges
• [skipto time=1:10]01:10 – Light Setup #2:[/skipto] Flat Light Effect > Backlit + 2 V-Flats on White Side added to Bounce Light & act as Fill In, Decreased F-Stop, Test Shot & Result
• [skipto time=2:09]02:09 – Light Setup #3:[/skipto] Split Light Effect > Backlit + 1 V-Flat Reversed on Black Side (Negative Fill Effect), 1 V-Flat on White Side (Fill In) > Goal: Add Dimension, Test Shot & Result
• [skipto time=3:00]03:00 – Light Setup #4A:[/skipto] Backlit + Both V-Flats Reversed on Black Side for Negative Fill, Test Shot & Result
• [skipto time=3:25]03:25 – Light Setup #4B > Adjustments:[/skipto] + Reflector Card Added for better Light Control, F-Stop Adjustment > Goal: Add Shape & Definition, Test Shot & Result
• [skipto time=4:21]04:21 – Light Setup #5:[/skipto] Clamshell Light Simulation > Backlit, Reversed V-Flats, 2 Reflector Cards, additional Reflectors for Fill In, Test Shot & Result
• [skipto time=5:05]05:05 – Recap:[/skipto] Results, Light Setup Illustrations

In this tutorial, Jeff Carpenter teaches you how to achieve 5 unique high-key beauty looks by taking control of and shaping just one light.

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