Advertisements In this picture, the main source of light was a suspended and “boom-armed” octabox. (You can read more about these in Chapter 2 of the Light series.) The slightly larger softbox softens the light, but also means that it does not reach that far down towards your model’s feet. However, that’s not a problem here.
The background is (also) a softbox (150cm diameter) placed so that the visible, dark corners can be painted over easily in Photoshop. When properly exposed, this setup creates a clean portrait in front of a completely white wall: and it always works. Shadows can’t be cast onto the softbox because it is self-luminous. It’s simple and effective, even if your space is limited
Equipment
2 x 150cm Octabox with a 1000Ws Monoblock
The individual light sources
Octabox as background
The distance between the softbox background and the camera and model won’t have an impact on brightness here. However, it will have an influence on the “wrap”, or how the edges of the model are framed by the light
Short Distance
Medium Distance
Longest Distance
Downloads
For the pictures in the article, we used the light simulation Set.A.Light 3D. You can download the lighting setup and try everything for yourself. If you’ve never worked with Set.a.Light before, you should give it a try! There is also a free demo version on the website, which you can use to open our set
