Welcome to the new year. It’s time to start getting creative with your studio portrait work. What better way to get started than to just get out there and practice with studio lighting?
When it comes to studio work, your lighting is the number one thing that will bring your vision to life. Do you want a look that is dark and dramatic? Or do you want something a little more bright and airy? That is up to you to decide and there’s only one way to figure out what your style is: Experiment with new lighting setups until you find your look.
Grab a friend, hire a model, use a mannequin, it doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is that you invest some time to understand artificial light and practice your craft until you feel confident.
In this shoot, check out how this creative portrait session was brought to life with three lights: The Westcott FJ400 with the Rapid Box Switch Octa-M as the main light, the Westcott FJ200 as an edge light, and the FJ80 on the background to create a natural vignette.
Camera: Canon EOS R5 | Lens: Canon RF50 f1.2 | Light: Westcott FJ400, Westcott FJ200, Westcott FJ80 | Modifiers: Westcott Rapid Box Switch Octa-M
In this Las Vegas engagement shoot, we checked out the highly underutilized Canon RF100 F2.8 L MACRO IS USM lens. People may forget about this lens, but it’s really a swiss army knife. You can get tight shots, those macro details, as well as full-body portraits.
