High Key vs Low Key Lighting Beauty Shoot

[@artemisfowl9002]

your level of professionalism, knowledge and ease of communication never ceases to amaze me

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you so much! :)

[@johnz4412]

I've purchased many of Lindsey's courses. She's an excellent teacher, due to her skills, experience, and obvious desire to make things understandable.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you so much for the kinds words John! So happy you enjoy the content! ;)

[@freddensing1224]

As always love the easy down to earth way you present each lesson. I am taking two of your Creative Live courses, and find I am learning more because of the way you teach it.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

So glad I can help! :)

[@Petukbhai838]

BOTH ARE GOOD IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL STATE! AWESOME EXPREIMENT 👌 👏

[@IAMWILLBROWN]

I am definitely a lowkey light guy. These pictures are amazing!

[@NIKONGUY1960]

Nice to be reminded of techniques from time to time but to see them in action brings the concept home. Thank you.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

You're welcome! :)

[@GeoChild]

That low key shot…wow. Inspired yet so simple.

[@richtaylorphotography8780]

I usually lean towards low key, but I prefer the high key with this model and comparison. I love being able to see all of the details in her face and especially her hair. What a fantastic job with both setups and final images, as usual. Thank you for continuing to educate and be an inspiration.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

[@joselynepaez3734]

I love your direct and simple way of explaining how light works. Thank you

[@longliveclassicmusic]

I have to say, one thing I love is how you are SO popular and SO successful with lighting, my favorite, and you only ever use monolights. So many people obsess over super expensive pack and head lighting systems which can be $10,000+ just for one pack. But you actually get results where it counts-with the concept and how you USE the gear!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

I could do this with the cheapest strobes if required. Its about how you use it!

[@longliveclassicmusic]

@@lindsayadlerphoto Yesssssss 💝

[@riffraff778]

THAT soft, short-lit low-key Rembrandt! The pose is superb as well. Great direction!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

thanks!

[@riffraff778]

@@lindsayadlerphoto Lindsay, I noticed you have a recurrent low-key approach that looks really luxurious. It reminds me the one you did with hard light (using the magnum reflector). I was really impressed. So I have a request: could you do that lush low-key look (hard light/low light) with a male model... I am asking because you can't play with as many aspects (earrings, jewels, glamourous hair style and so on). Just a suggestion. Whatever. Have a great day!✌

[@amv7m]

You are a great teacher. Clear, concise and informative. Thank you.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you so much!

[@josephchan4198]

Happy Holidays!! Thanks for a great year of videos!!

[@JeffBennionPhotography]

That low key image is gorgeous.

[@katjarummel]

Thank you! I like how you go throught steps, it makes a lot of sense ❤

[@_bluishthoughts]

This is beautiful! You explain perfectly! Thank you so so much. Greetings from Colombia, South America.

[@areegeleraky6663]

you're like the best channel for photography matters ❤️

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

You're too kind! Be sure to share the video with your friends! :D

[@chikung]

Thank you so much, Lindsay! I had been looking for that kind of tutorial for so long: simple instructions with the logic behind the decisions explained, doable with minimal equipment. It's also interesting that you also integrate short light, a set-up that we tend to forget sometimes. You nailed the perfect template for a learning photographer to develop his/her chops with!

[@jeannieblinsonphotography]

Lindsay, I always love to hear you speak. You are so passionate and knowledgeable and it is infectious. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos! :)

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you so much for the kind words. :)

[@aaronbazil]

Even just the music selection on this one, from the beginning to the end, reinforced so much why I have subscribed! The algorithm working really hard, and really well. This is such a perfect channel that speaks to me in all the right ways! And of course, thank you for this awesome content!

[@multimediamel]

The low key takes it for me in this set 👍🏽

[@van_creative]

your explanations are so clear. Great video, thanks!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you!

[@gordonjohnston684]

You could benefit from a cantilever boom arm, you have the stands they are a joy to use.

[@josephchan4198]

Your one of the best teachers. Great content.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Aw thanks Joseph. :)

[@christianschneiderphoto]

Thank you for all the inspo and guidance.

[@alexanderpons9246]

Great video Lindsay Adler! I must admit when I started taking pictures I thought especially when doing Low Key that the room itself needed to be dark, I like that in your video you show that for the purpose of the video everything is perfectly lit however since you metered for the lights the results were dark. Thank you for sharing so much great information through your channel!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Happy to help! :)

[@georgenlewis9150]

GREAT! GREAT! Millions of times over. Both are excellent. Question: are the lights pointed to the background in both High and low key shots continuous or flash? If continuous, how did you exposed for the background? Thanks.

[@TNrick]

Absolutely an outstanding video (as always!😃). Good explanation with appropriate examples to illustrate your points. I especially want to thank you for talking about low-key images. It's a topic that is not always as frequently touched on in instructional videos. Thanks so much again! Wishing you all the best.🙏

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thanks again!

[@karlmullings5824]

Thanks Lindsey. I am originally a Bronx kid and now I am a high school portrait and sports photographer based in flagstaff and Sedona. Keep up the great work I recently just converted my studio to profoto

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

You're welcome, thank you for watching! :)

[@charliegreen1989]

Great work and stunning images as usual. Love the low key set, those last shots wow. Will have to try it out.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

thank you!

[@viktoriozzz]

You do everything look so easy. Amazing

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thanks so much 😊

[@rrasaq]

Agreed. She is so amazing.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

xoxox

[@TaoNeko]

Thank you for your energy and teaching style, it's perfect!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you for watching! :D

[@syedfakruddin5215]

Amazing .. lot to learn from this video .. thank you for sharing such knowledge..

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you!

[@tramanand]

Excellently explained..thank you

[@davonte_bailey]

Both great shots, but the low key photo is absolutely beautiful!!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you!

[@rrasaq]

You did it again. Great job as usual. Love the presentation. More blessings

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

❤️

[@Gotnough]

As usual, clear, precise, strait to the point

[@allanmenard1651]

Love the shot at 8:36. Wow

[@LESHAUNWILL]

Funny how you can learn the same things over and over but when you show it I still wanna see what you create. #gifted luh you lady :)

[@mgavina23]

Love it! The model is very cute.

[@DerBerger69]

Great pictures and beautiful Model!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you!

[@antonielojeda5202]

Great video, this is a masterclass

[@Illuminance33]

Thank you Lindsay for your teachings, insight and inspiration 🙏

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

You're welcome, thank you for watching! :)

[@riverbirchranch]

Love this Lindsay!

[@ginoandereggen3031]

This has been the most inspiring tutorial of all that I have bingewatched now that I'm starting with studio flash, thank you ever so much for such helpful content Lindsay!!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

So glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@michelevalencia1727]

Thank you so much. I am a Photography student and we are still taking courses from home so I am jerry rigging stuff to get the photos and this was extremely helpful.

[@frankgoss9820]

Thanks, Lindsay!

[@davidsmusic]

So lovely video and I love your way to teach Lindsay, your are a great photographer. Regards from Germany!!

[@moejas]

I just wanna say I love you and love love your work . Thanks

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you so much!

[@aidarakhimova7603]

Amazing😍😍😍 Love the second set up. Surely gonna use for my best shoot

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you! :)

[@TheZaco32]

Great video! I feel like this studio fits you better. Idk what it is 🤔

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

lol much bigger? :D

[@joyfulphotographynyc2184]

This is so awesome 👏 teaching. I love ❤️ both images.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marysanchez4789]

It's so easy to understand it because you are a great teacher😎. Is short light the same as feather light? Thanks

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Aw thank you so much! I assume you mean "feathering" the light, not feather light, correct?

[@marysanchez4789]

@@lindsayadlerphoto Hi! Yes, I meant "feathering the light" (sorry). Love all your videos and definitely will be taking your course very soon❤️🙏

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

@@marysanchez4789 Nope! Feathering is about the angling of where you point the light. aka not the position... it stays in the same position but you angle it toward or away from the background (for example).

[@marysanchez4789]

@@lindsayadlerphoto Got It. Thanks so much! Have a great week🙏❤️

[@webstermickey69]

Awesome Video . Clear and concise directions👍👍👍. Would be very cool if you included the camera settings as a bonus🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

I have a video about this coming up soon... they don't matter! :P

[@webstermickey69]

@@lindsayadlerphoto I will definitely wait for it and please mention me hehheeheheh. Thank you!

[@nazfenix]

Your videos inspire me!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

I'm so glad!

[@serekhalil3261]

Hey Lindsay, thanks a lot for that awesome tutorial. Quick question for you what was your camera settings please ? Aperture and shutter speed thank you

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

I actually have a video coming out soon about this. :D. 1/200, F/8, ISO 200

[@serekhalil3261]

@@lindsayadlerphoto thanks a lot i can’t wait to see that video

[@JohanSchmidt]

You're a wonderful teacher

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

aw thank you! 🤗❤️

[@giuliaspallanzani4482]

Lindsay you really are an exceptional educator!!! Thank you ❤️

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you for the kind words! :)

[@MD-hg2jl]

How do you present so well in one take?!? You are a natural 🥰

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

It's not always one take lol.

[@TheBurzhuy]

Another way of doing white background is a flash light with softbox as a background. this gives you a very interesting effect you can see in the first high key picture example - girl's cheekbones, neck and shoulders are lit

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Yup. That's a pretty well known technique and I've illustrated that a lot in other videos on my channel.

[@TheBurzhuy]

@@lindsayadlerphoto I'm sure you did :) I have found the channel not so long ago)))

[@monztermovies]

Great video! 👍

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you!

[@alvaro5162]

I saw you today with Joe Edelman, very nice talk and congratulations for this video too. 👍

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thanks so much!

[@AdamKozak100]

wow Lindsay, your so talented. Thank you. I think I'm going to steal that setup of - Beauty dish at 10' o'clock featured at 8:31

[@gvasquez330]

Great tips and wonderful interview on TogChat.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you!

[@hlk466]

Im just starting out with studio lights in my home studio. Can I ask what size of beauty dish this is? Would a cheapo 48" parabolic soft box achieve similar results? Do you leave the diffusion panels on with the grid. Do you meter you light?

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

It sounds like you would benefit from my course lindsayadler.photo/msl. I cover all of this and much much more. Beauty dish here is 20in and the umbrella would be much softer and without as much contrast.

[@hlk466]

@@lindsayadlerphoto I wish I had theat kind of money right now. I just spent all of my money on modifiers, papers, some props, and fabric. Your teaching style is so wonderful. I will look it up when my funds are replenished. Ty

[@jmlivingston]

This might just be my favorite video from Lindsay. Created amazing imaged, quickly and simply, with the right information to take away and try to put into practice myself. Thank you!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Wow thanks so much John! Happy that you liked it. :)

[@asharasalah]

It's great. Thank you for your efforts

[@bryantubola9436]

Love you Lindsay! Im learning a lot from your videos😭✨✨

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

So happy to hear that!

[@rickshapiro63]

Lindsay, you are an educational treasure and quite beautiful to boot! I am just getting into photography and want to try my hand at portraiture and have been learning quite a bit from these videos. I do wonder about the ratio (mix) of the light coming from the beauty dish (ambient) versus the flash and what decision goes into that ratio? Also, how is that metered. I see a lot of photographers remove all ambient light through high shutter speeds, so I am just assuming in this case the dish is being mixed with the flash?

[@latdat823]

I really love your teachings - so clean and clear! Thanks a lot

[@yuriajones]

Lindsay, you're a great teacher. Thank you!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you so much!

[@mrsdepp78]

Fantastic! Grids are the best! What light stand are you using for your strobe that lights the background? I’m struggling with finding short enough stands that aren’t used for GoPros and smart phones.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

try the manfrotto nano stand!

[@cesarcastilho8182]

Just love your work and how you explain it!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thanks so much and for watching! :)

[@tombanks3245]

Lindsay what tethering setup and capture software do you use?

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Tethertools cable and capture one

[@tombanks3245]

@@lindsayadlerphoto Thank you Lindsay,

[@davidbrophy3521]

Was curious about the double catchlight in her eyes when using the silver reflector in the high key set-up. Nothing wrong with it but it looked a little weird to me. Do you remove the lower catchlight in post or leave them both in there?

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

I leave it :D

[@KT-ei4sh]

Thank you for creating such useful content!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you for watching!

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Amazing video, thank you for this free content!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@zrowedaartistviews2278]

Learning so much from these videos

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Happy to hear that! Don't forget to subscribe + like! :D

[@paris08141]

Thank you for this video! It is so helpful for a new photographer like me!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@akaArtiom]

I noticed you use a camera connected via cable. Why don't you use wi-fi? I believe it will be more comfortable. Are there any pitfalls with wireless connect? Thanks

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Hi there! I use a tether cable into Captureone. with my 45 megapixel camera it is much much much much much faster. :D

[@akaArtiom]

@@lindsayadlerphoto I got. Thank you :)

[@studioaksbaran7960]

Perfect

[@barbrarudd3328]

I love your works.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thank you so much for the kind words. :)

[@JerryAulenbach]

Super helpful. Thanks!

[@lawrencekeeney4317]

Great video as usual.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Adamfahlundadafah]

Hey amazing work, Just curios how long did it take you to able to switch looks on the fly like that? When I have a shoot I find myself getting stuck visualizing the 1 look and not several other possibilities

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

I'm so used to doing it that I just already have some looks visualized in my head, or use the situation to dictate what look to do next. It comes with practice I suppose.

[@Adamfahlundadafah]

@@lindsayadlerphoto Thanks for getting back so quick 🙌🏻

[@trudansing]

Thank you for sharing! Really helping! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@zueron]

great easy to understand explanation

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@HarshvardhanSaboo]

Superb. Thanks for clearing it for us. Just one question any one can answer. Was it okay to see shadows so dark in lowkey? Just asking.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Depends on your taste.

[@HarshvardhanSaboo]

@@lindsayadlerphoto Thanks for confirming that. It means a lot. I thought if I am getting shadows this dark its wrong. There should be some fill light.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

if it’s the style you’re going for and the detail in the shadows aren’t relevant than by all means shadow it up!

[@ShadowlightPhotography]

Hi Lindsay, as always great video. Quick question if you were shooting a model with no make up would you typically opt for the beauty dish or would you steer for a softbox?

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

I don't know if the makeup question is relevant. THe beauty dish and softbox produce two different kinds of light. Now if you said, the model doesn't have perfect skin, then I'd say use a softbox. A beauty dish is going to give you crisper, harder light that will reveal more, while the softbox will soften things up. It greatly depends on the desired look and outcome of the shoot as well.

[@ShadowlightPhotography]

@@lindsayadlerphoto Thanks so much, I had always thought a beauty dish was less forgiving so you needed makeup, sounds like a misunderstanding on my part. Appreciate one is softer than the other. I was shooting my 5yr daughter this afternoon and was figuring which to use as I hadn't really used my beauty dish yet, will review my images to see how it makes her look.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

A beauty dish IS less forgiving as I mentioned... because it's more specular so you would be better suited to use makeup that might cover up blemishes in that case. In your original comment you just said "makeup" so that could mean cover up, or creative makeup. It largely has to do with the end result look you desire to use. You can still get away with using a beauty dish if that is all you have and experiment with light distances, shadows etc. In general the beauty dish is a harder light modifier.

[@suchethan1]

😍thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

You're welcome! :)

[@JohnSmith-nk9fd]

Great! Thanks for sharing!

[@SoniaAhmadETM]

Great video. I was wondering about the grid that was used on beauty dish for low key lighting setup. Was it 20 , 30 or 40 degree grid?

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Profoto only has one size. :D 25

[@BelaMardia]

I only have one profoto b 10 , is there any way to get the low key lighting along with a little light on background with one light ? thanks

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

definitely! Check out learnwithlindsay.com and my one light class will break it down!

[@princessanineveh]

Can you make lowkey photo outdoor?

[@leonjohnson3780]

Lindsey, how when you are photographing a high key subject, you avoid lens flaring?

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Very carefully 🤣

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

On a more serious note, with a flag, changing your position or increasing contrast in post.

[@Amineshoot]

I forget to watching model... with looking at ur prety face.. keep ❤️❤️

[@ShadowlightPhotography]

Also can I ask what is the grip under the camera you are using to secure the cable please?

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

It's likely the one from tethertools

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

I believe if you go to learnwithlindsay.com I have it linked in the gear page/section

[@kevinbradshaw9209]

Calista Flockhart never looked so good... Thanks for the tips.

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[@VEDISHNAIDU]

Can you make a video how to get proper studio, strobe power this is very confusing even without flash meter

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

You should check out my class invite.lindsayadlerphotography.com/master-studio-lighting

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

its all in there. :D

[@VEDISHNAIDU]

@@lindsayadlerphoto thank you so much