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How I lit the shot

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How I lit the shot

This shot of Trixy Rose, was done using 3 light sources. A large window camera left, a home made beauty dish (an 18" reflector housing an SB800 strobe) about 2 ' above & to camera left, and the pop up flash on the camera provided both spill and the triggering for the beauty dish. In this way I was able to provide a glimpse of the location, without having too much detail in the background. Whenever mirrors are being used, Care must be taken to minimize the effect of lens flare and hot spots. My main light (beauty dish) was positioned to light her hair and face primarily from an angle (notice shadow of nose and you can get an idea as to how high it was above her). The room reflected behind her was lit solely by the window. I dialed down the pop ups flash to provide 1/3 the amount of light my main light was producing. This lessened the impact of the shadows without eliminating them.