Friday 5 February 2010

PEOPLE - Cross Lighting Techniques in the Studio







This is an example of how to create subtle highlighting effects on a model in the studio, by using 4 studio lights at 45 degree angles to the subject an spaced equidistantly. The addition of an overhead light completes the subtle effect of creating highlights all around the subject and ensuring a flattering and interesting result. This was taken using a Nikon D80 SLR with a wireless slave attachment to fire the flashes on the studio lights remotely. The camera was set at ISO 200, and I used a 55mm focal length lens, f11 and 1/125th of a second as per the average reading taken with a light meter to each light separately in order to obtain a nice even effect.



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