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Basic 2 Light Beauty Portrait
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I’ve been a big fan of minimalistic lighting and I really don’t like lighting setups that require a ton of sophisticated gear. For the following images, I wanted a really simple lighting setup that created more depth and drama. To do this you would have to create interesting shadows that are not too sharp but at the same time are not too flat and diffused.
I first opted to use the Elinchrom Ranger RX with the Elinchrom Giant Octa, but it was too large to create sharp shadows so I ended up using the Speedotron 22″ Beauty Dish with it’s grid camera left at about arm’s length from the model’s face. The background light was created with a single Profoto Compact 300 Monolight. You can see the lighting diagram at the end of this post.
I had my 5D Mark II and my EF70-200mm f2.8L IS USM lens on and triggered the lights with the Pocketwizard miniTT1 and used a Pocketwizard PowerST4 on the ranger. The Profoto monoblock would just use its own built in optical slave to fire. I was zoomed in at around 160mm, shot at f3.2 to get a soft feel and speed was set at 1/160th to eliminate most of the ambient light.
Credits:
Photography: Kim Guanzon – http://www.kimguanzon.com
Art Direction: Roldan Din – http://www.roldandin.com
Makeup: Laa Guanzon – http://www.makeupbylaa.com
Hair: Jamie Pettinger
Models: Sheena Marie & Jamie Pettinger
Kim is a commercial photographer based in Utah. His interests range from commercial and advertising applications of fine imagery. His experience is based on a wide variety of assignments ranging from product and still life to lifestyle and fashion.
2 Comments for Basic 2 Light Beauty Portrait
This is a really cool website! Great job Kim!
Thanks Jamie… when you have a great team and beautiful subjects the image is easier to capture.