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Photography lighting techniques: How to Successfully Combine Hard and Soft Light with Jake Hicks.
TeamBowens photographer and lighting educator Jake Hicks guides us step-by-step through a unique lighting tutorial combining hard and soft light. In this tutorial Jake discusses the characteristics of both hard and soft light, and demonstrates how to combine them into a single light sources to capitalise on the advantages of using them at the same time.
Jake explains in detail each part of his lighting setup and describes how and why he uses each light shaper in this set-up.
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[@justcallmesando]

Comino back to this video 6 years later. Spectacular lighting. This tutorial is next level.

[@rtejerof]

I think these are the best tutorials on studio lightning that I've ever seen on youtube.. seriously. Congratulations guys, great photographer, great video production, of course the models and all the technical details! 10/10.

[@robertpalomino3400]

A very well done tutorial, I like the easy step by step explanation by Jake, very concise and thorough.

[@justcallmesando]

Absolutely gorgeous. Love how you show what´s happening with each light. Thanks!

[@bernardjackson4974]

wow what a genius idea so the hard light i notice really pull that detail so u can see and then the softbox softens the skin etc . cant wait to try

[@Genuinely_edwin]

This has been one of the best lighting tutorials on youtube. Beautiful

[@linusfotograf]

Stunning results

[@BrhumBhatia]

Don't have your gear but very well explained and the video showing the gradual and perceptible improvements towards the final image were excellent. Have subscribed.

[@danmorgan9447]

Thanks for great and profound explanation of the process.It's really helpful

[@josephchan4198]

Awesome!! Great tutorial.

[@GregoryMorres]

Fantastic tutorials, simple approach, professional language. Thank you for this great content!

[@richardanthonyevans7161]

Thanks for the lighting tips. Great video. Awesome instructions. Really enjoyed it. You're a good teacher.

[@glassjaw2007]

Great tutorial very instructive and professional i mean you guys really know the "how and why"! i am really looking forward for that awesome lighting equipment!

[@freddylindrupsen6236]

Very good explanation on how to build up to 5 lights! And - beautiful model! ;-)

[@BDBD05]

Quite a detailed description Jake!! Thumbs up!! Unfortunately for me I have to be happy with a max 3 light set-up.Dont have more

[@wodelune]

Thanks for the video. Have to try it out.

[@jampsamalbizar88]

I love bowens

[@xthindiesel166]

This was a great tutorial thank you and shes an amazing model.

[@itsshehryaradil]

I love your way of teaching sir :)

[@AmitKarn]

Thank you so so very much...

[@vince1485]

thanks for this tutorial sir. very infromative!

[@kevinfeng4892]

Great tutorial guys, watched 3 of your videos and just picked up 2 sets of 500R gemini's.

[@bowenstv]

+Kevin Feng - That's fantastic. Really glad you like our TeamBowens lighting tutorials. We've got loads more videos coming soon. If we can ever help with anything just let us know. Please feel free to share our videos :)

[@andersonrodrigues6189]

Perfeito, acompanhando seu canal direto. Parabéns.

[@davidoseas8128]

Great tutorial, love it, thank you !!!

[@AbilaJoseph78]

great video

[@arling102]

you have brilliant tutorial here!

[@jennygw1883]

this is really good thank you.

[@Fotopelon35]

Maravilloso

[@tedyancyful]

Love your videos great info thanks.

[@violetv4197]

Very good tutorials, thanks a lot. Please make advertising product photography tutorials also.

[@bobso7638]

awesome tutorial

[@fotovogue5579]

love ur work

[@apotessar88]

Thanks for great video! Really appreciated for the effort. My question is how to meter the object when adding one light to another? Do I need to make adjustment after each additional light because my object become brighter? Thanks for answering.

[@JakeHicksPhotography]

+apo tessar heya Apo its very dependent on the look you are going for and the size of the softbox behind but yes as soon as you add another light you will either need to adjust your camera or to compensate or turn the initial light down. Of course this is easily ascertained if you meter the subject afterwards. Hope this helps :)

[@yourallthesame]

Why am I hearing "Stroke The Furry Walls" in my head while watching this video? Great info, by the way!

[@romeboro]

niiicccccceeeeee

[@rajmarathe1]

Thank you. What were the camera settings?

[@mamiyapress]

Thanks, a nice video but you should have mentioned the ratio between all the lights and the use of a Flash Meter.

[@smithnyke9167]

My question is in photography there's no rules of lightning? I can play with the lights and be dynamic? Thanks

[@gavinberry1796]

great video - muzac is a bit OTT

[@blackjohnny0]

So this is something like beauty dish key light. Same idea.

[@MrAtomicPhotography]

Hi. I was wondering about the ratio between the softbox and the maxilite reflector... Could you tell us a bit about it? Thanks in advance.

[@bowenstv]

+Edwin A. Hernández-Caraballo Hi Edwin, the softbox is twice as bright as the Maxilite. The ratio of softbox to Maxilite is 2:1.

[@MrAtomicPhotography]

+bowenstv Thanks!

[@Marckymarc71]

+bowenstv I don't think that's correct. Jake said the softbox was 1 stop more power, but that doesn't mean it was 1 stop more in actual exposure--in fact, looking at the model it's obvious it's still about a 1:1 ratio. A grid spot will not meter the same exposure as a large softbox at the same output.

[@ovidiugrovu3025]

@@Marckymarc71 I'm totally agree with you, Marc. In fact this is the key for this tutorial and I think it should be more clear about the final exposure for each of this two lights. Would you be so kind to help us, BowensTV?

[@ovidiugrovu3025]

I've repeated several times that moments and I think, even the English is not my native language, I understand something like this: "... by the time reaches the model is actually little bit less (5:40)". Case closed :)

[@risbill1]

You really should credit the model. I haven't seen the models name in any of your videos. Yes I know this is 3 years old.

[@jimjohnson5059]

what is the aperture, light metre reading of everything etc. isnt that important?

[@bowenstv]

+Jim Johnson Hi Jim. What aperture you would use depends on a number of things such as the model's hair, clothing, skin tone etc. At 5:30 Jake mentions how the softbox is twice the power of the hard light in front. He uses this as a basis to set the other lights accordingly.

[@TASPP]

Gorgeous Model ... Only one light is enough to let her shine ... Please excuse my shitty English ;) Alex

[@ajsuk0]

Actually 😜

[@EmreSafak]

Specular, not spectral highlights.

[@SantiFox]

Love the tutorials, just curious on why the host here looks like he's dead? His skintone is grey :)

[@linusfotograf]

Santi Fox I’m guessing that’s the ambient light of the room.