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share three foolproof beauty lighting setups using a beauty dish

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most common lighting modifiers

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take you through some of my most important lighting setups

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center the light in front of my subject

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begin by placing your three by four foot soft box directly behind your subject

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add your main light

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add a strobe or a reflector

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position the stand in a tight corner

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begin with a white beauty dish as your main light source

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decided to put a 20 degree grid on that strobe

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create a halo of light directly behind the subject step

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fill in the shadows

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switch over to a silver beauty dish

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add some rim lights

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add a silver reflector

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3 Foolproof Beauty Lighting Setups [That use my favorite modifier!]
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2020Oct 27
Learn these 3 foolproof beauty lighting setups and master using a beauty dish! 👉 Beauty Lighting Guide: https://lindsayadler.photo/beautyguide (coming soon) 👉 For more videos featuring Lindsay check out Adorama TV:    / adorama   👉 Savage C-Stand mentioned in video: https://adorama.rfvk.net/J1ZW2 Successful beauty images are a combination of a few important elements: Model choice, makeup, lighting, and retouching. Each one of these elements work together, and if one falls short… the image won’t reach its potential. That being said, did you know most beauty lighting is pretty simple and straightforward? Sure, you can get creative (and I do), but I’d like to make sure I introduce you 3 simple / foolproof beauty lighting setups.  I use a C-stand for my main light in every setup I ever do because I want the strength and stability a it. Furthermore, in beauty photography I often place my strobe in a paramount light position (centered) and the C-stand arm allows me to center the light without the pole/stand getting in the way. In this video I am featuring the Savage C-Stand because it has a bonus feature! It has a riser (little pole basically) on one of its legs that can be used to attach a second light OR you can use it when working on stairs for in tight corners. It's a great C-stand if you want some versatility and for it to hold multiple strobes at once! In these setups I am going to use one of the most common light modifiers for beauty photography… you guess it… a beauty dish! A beauty dish creates beautiful smooth light on the skin that is soft, but it also has a bit of contrast and pop to the shadows. It's great for sculpting features and flattering your subject and creating radiant looking skin.  Let’s take a look a 3 lighting setups, all using a beauty dish: 👉 SETUP #1: Clean Beauty  Purpose: This setup is glowing, high key, and often when I am showcasing skincare. That’s why you’ll notice this first look has minimal makeup, it's very fresh and glowing. ✅ Strobes: 3 Strobes Step 1: Begin by placing 3x4ft directly behind your subject. This gives you a high key white background and creates rim lights that wrap around your subject and beautifully flatters their jawline and cheekbones. Step 2: Add your main light (a white beauty dish) on a C-stand so it is centered in front of your subject. Here I’m using a Savage C-stand.  Step 3: Put a 1x4ft strip softbox underneath your subject’s chin to fill the shadows. This is call clam shell light. ✅ Savage C-stand: What’s great about this Savage C-stand is that it actually has a second riser that can be attached to the C-stand leg. This means I can add a strobe directly below the main light that is perfect for clam shell lighting without having to bring in another stand that may get in the way.  ...more
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