Hi everybody!

Today, we decided to play it safe, despite having to use four lights to get the desired result, I could just use one light , the key light with a reflector and still manage to get most of this set up right.

The key light is on a boom angled down at 45 degrees. It is situated in front of the subject. It’s a massive softbox.

Underneath the subject, there is a white reflector so there is a small gap between the soft box and the reflector to get the camera through to see the subject. Oisin’s cheeks are lit by two soft boxes from behind and to camera right and left. I placed an umbrella above Oisin so the top of his head was lit as well.

The result is that the image is very soft and crisp and clear. This style of lighting is used a lot for headshots, model shots, and to illustrate hair and make up.

The image also works as a black and white image, I just increased the contrast and you have a crisp lighting set up.

Normally, if I was shooting an adult male, I would place a back reflector to camera right and move the key light to the left to create a bit of shadow. I would also remove the white reflector underneath.

I asked Oisin what he was missing during Covid19. He talked about missing school and his friends and other things. So I wrote them down and tried to make a montage with them on to Oisins face.

The result was a lot messier than I was hoping for but you got to try these things! ( it looks at better the further you are away from it!)