My Favorite TWO LIGHT Studio Setups for Model Photography

[@neilvn]

Solid, concise video with great info and examples. I also like your calm demeanor. It's refreshing compared to other I-am-so-super-hyped presentations.

[@jannsander]

Couldn't have said it better!

[@borismatusch9601]

Great content and explained clearly and simply. Thank you

[@jamilgotcher365]

Beautiful work and model.

[@gustavoweber123]

I love how much effort you put to share your knowledge with the world!!!! Your work is very inspiring and I’m so thankful for your videos 🙏🙏🙏

[@NathanElson]

Thanks!

[@JBanksPhotography]

This video is great!!!!! Thank you for sharing.

[@renzdii]

Love the sponsor of this vid! haha great set of tips and BTS!

[@NathanElson]

Haha thank ya

[@davedonnelly8039]

Great short, sharp and inspirational video.

[@NathanElson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marcwill8270]

You're an awesome teacher. Thank you for breaking this down. You make it so easy to understand. 👏👏

[@NathanElson]

Anytime!

[@nismo8319]

Very helpful tips. I'll be trying these out for myself.

[@sarklensphotography458]

Thank you, this video will help me a lot

[@AD-gk5fm]

Simply great.

[@josephchan4198]

Awesome work!!

[@vincentlamoureux422]

Excellent video and photos! Thank you!

[@NathanElson]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lucianodoriaphotography]

Great tips! Thanks for sharing this

[@romekk3975]

Fantastic ideas. Thank you for sharing

[@russellbaston974]

Excellent video great deal of information and ideas presented.

[@NathanElson]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mattviolet]

Loved this video, subscribed!

[@sergiodiazrengifo8626]

Thanks for sharing with us ! great work !!

[@Otijames]

great video!!

[@mkdn]

Man oh man those are sick ideas with the gobo. Hell Yeah

[@lucidxiang]

Wow, this video is an absolute goldmine of photography knowledge! 📷 Thank you so much for sharing these invaluable tips and techniques. I can already see a significant improvement in my photography skills just from watching this. Your explanations were clear and easy to follow, and the visual examples were spot on. I especially loved the segment about rim lighting and gobo lighting. Keep up the fantastic work and please keep those tutorials coming! You're making a positive impact on so many aspiring photographers like me. 👏📸

[@NathanElson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@markpierre7859]

totally agree with you

[@smaran13]

Amazing work, very well explained and informative. Thank you for making this video

[@dennydaniel8199]

Magical!! thanks for sharing!!

[@amanaskarizad]

Very good video! To the point, accurate and real-life situation, concise and very useful. Thank you

[@NathanElson]

Glad it was helpful!

[@q3aki]

thats a huge amount of knowledge your're putting in those vids - great job mate

[@Jimou936]

La qualité 👌🏽🔥🔥🔥

[@quandoquando23]

Amazing tutorial and photos. I learned so much🙏Suscribed!

[@BboyGraphicx]

Your explanation amazing & work incredible !

[@NathanElson]

Glad it was helpful!

[@puck528co]

Extremely helpful! Thanks.

[@NathanElson]

Glad it was helpful!

[@peterzums4228]

incredible. Love these setups

[@NathanElson]

Thanks!

[@carlosblas5491]

Amigo muchas gracias que serio tu canal. Balon de Oro total!

[@pareshkathale1]

Just luved it..

[@vanjasimunko708]

Fantastic images man. Got some nice inspiration. Thank you!

[@NathanElson]

Glad you like them!

[@luissalazar2021]

Great stuff, fantastic studio,energetic artist,thanks for sharing!

[@NathanElson]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@wAAltz93]

Awesome light set ups!! Super helpful 📸

[@lukasf5256]

Great inspiration! Thnanks!

[@NathanElson]

Thanks for watching!

[@LiveLoveShoot94]

Your video is straight to the point and easy to understand. Might I add the shots are top tier!

[@NathanElson]

Thank ya kindly.

[@JCImagesBehindtheShot]

Great stuff as always Nathan!

[@NathanElson]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Q2Japan]

Sweet! Thanks for the helpful info!

[@NathanElson]

Anytime!

[@perrysmithphotography2915]

Another succinct and information filled video Nathan...Two thumbs up!

[@NathanElson]

Glad you liked it!

[@nielsveenstra4968]

WOW love it❤

[@kavanlake871]

At it again 😎👊🏾. Nice work as usual Nate.

[@NathanElson]

Thanks bud! Hope you're well.

[@elisabettaf5547]

you're amazing!!!

[@ChocoStream]

Man you have such a amazing style !!! wow !!!

[@jerrym8140]

Absolutely stunning work and styling! Thanks for going over so many details on how you got the shot too!

[@NathanElson]

You can mount it on the 300 for sure

[@CinematicCami]

beautiful images and nice breakdown!

[@NathanElson]

Thank you kindly!

[@ryanbeppu]

Very helpful information in an easy to watch and smooth flowing video. Thank you from Hawai'i!

[@manassekabasele216]

Your work is great

[@NathanElson]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@depotmsa2362]

wow nice work !

[@NathanElson]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@frankdeviaje]

I love the portrait subject, specially woman, and you have achieved such elegants results!

[@johnyoung1606]

Great Technique !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NathanElson]

Glad you like it!

[@brizzle3903]

Oooweee I definitely need to try the wrap around lighting setup 🔥

[@ShellyBHollis]

beautiful work brotha

[@NathanElson]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@micronet67]

Great content as always Nathan! Cheers

[@NathanElson]

Thanks!

[@hefegraphie]

Super helpfull. Love the style of your videos

[@NathanElson]

Awesome, thank you!

[@TheSunnySuttons]

Great photographer!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@NathanElson]

Thank you kindly

[@СтасБутыгин]

Thank you for inspiring video

[@NathanElson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@otisrobertson3086]

Nate, this was such a great video man. Thank you for this.

[@NathanElson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@francequirion9547]

Very beautiful and inspiring work! Thank you for all this!!

[@christoels6748]

This video is amazing! Thank you for sharing. I tried out some of the setups and the results are awesome!

[@xKoriporix]

loving your simple way of teaching. thank you so much. i will consider investing in your stuff 🥳🥳

[@zfrancisdumas]

Also I almost forgot, good tips!

[@MultiEski]

Just found your channel , you are doing amazing job , and the photo i love all of them , great job 👌

[@NathanElson]

Thank you!

[@Ishimuro]

Boy am I looking forward to trying out an optical Snoot! Beautiful work, thanks for the insights!

[@LamontWarrenPhotography]

So much great information, dope shots, and clear instructions. Bravo!!

[@NathanElson]

Glad you liked it!

[@warrengrantphotography7984]

Great Video, Thanks

[@NathanElson]

Glad you liked it!

[@Heyyluis]

Thank you man! Loved this video as always 🔥

[@NathanElson]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Ranielsom]

OMG *.* AMAZING

[@NathanElson]

Thanks!

[@Sebas_Cine]

The best 📸

[@Singulaire_co]

Great work🔥🤌📸

[@dougbolt7458]

Nice video, very informative. I like the first the best. Technically it would be Short lit Rembrandt lighting with the way it's set up in the video.

[@bala1000mina]

Helpful and informative as always! Thank you so much Nathan! Good luck!

[@eversonfelizardo6518]

U SO TALENT !

[@NathanElson]

Thank ya

[@praneshrao4697]

Lovely camera work, and styling. Great job! Nathan what's your camera setup for a shoot like this?

[@NathanElson]

If you're asking about the camera I am shooting stills with, it's the Nikon z6II w/ the 85 f/1.8 for 95% of my work. For my BTS camera I am using a Sony a6400 with the Sigma 16mm.

[@georgehawkins7610]

Amazing video! 🔥🔥🔥Just 2 questions. 1: in your next video can you explain a little more about the lights you use? I'm still learning about all the different kinds of lights the difference between them. 2: after you go over all your favorite light setups, can you do one specifically with color leds and / or color strobes? Ty!! 🙏🏾

[@NathanElson]

The lighting I use is the AD600Pro heads. Best bang for your buck on the market. As for color leds, maybe, I don't tend to do a lot of mixed color work :)

[@YJKadventure]

Everything about this video is absolute perfection! Style, technique, skill, models...SUBSCRIBED!

[@NathanElson]

Welcome aboard!

[@Govannonart]

Awesome video, Nathan. Thanks for sharing your favourite light setups. I'll use them in upcoming photoshoots for sure. Cheers from Bashkiria

[@NathanElson]

Awesome! Cheers from Canada

[@JrodsCreations8]

awesome video bro

[@photofervorphotography4997]

Tremendous - enjoyed seeing - in the rim light set up is the key light gridded as there appears little light from it on the backdrop

[@NathanElson]

Nope, I don't use grids, it's just in how you angle the lighting.

[@arazzsrazwill882]

amazing

[@CappuccinoLife]

I really like the results of the 4 setups you did. I want to try them all and I will try to use cheaper light modifiers, it would be nice if you could specify the flash power in each setup. Thank you, this clip is accurate, creative and you can learn small things. 🖤🙌🏼

[@NathanElson]

Flash power varies depending on modifier and its distance from the model, but it's typically metered to f/8 in the studio.

[@CappuccinoLife]

@@NathanElson thanks!

[@zfrancisdumas]

Lol! As I was telling myself "DAMN those conversion to BNWs are good" you started offering your LR packages. My next purchase for sure!

Great video! You totally got me by Squarespace not being the sponsor :D

[@malthus101]

lol yeah.. refreshing!

[@sofrankie]

Thank You!

[@NathanElson]

Welcome!

[@alvindarantinao5234]

Thank you

[@HammadxHassan]

Great video Nathan! So much useful knowledge delivered so succinctly, along with a great body of work. Masterpiece.

[@michaborski7383]

Nice work. It’s not often I can say that about photographers on yt

[@saviourudo1062]

Thank you🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@NathanElson]

No problem 😊

[@unityxg]

Weird question, great tutorial by the way. Thank you again. For your flash, do both the key light and the fill light flash or just they keylight?

[@NathanElson]

Both lights are firing 😉

[@unityxg]

@@NathanElson Thank you! :D

[@effieskitsa]

Thank you!!!

[@NathanElson]

Welcome!

[@kikadoh6846]

Awesome

[@lm7352]

Awesome! Sigma 50 on there?

[@DevynFromCFXTV]

Great!

[@Joelz_photogram]

im sharing this definitely

[@azunboi637]

Hey Nathan. What’s the difference between wraparound lighting vs. rim lighting? Is it the position of the fill light?

[@ykaramat]

The pictures are so stunning! What camera did you use for the photoshoot?

[@NathanElson]

I had a D800 for some of the shots, and my latest camera is the z6II

[@trasapi1]

wow great!

[@NathanElson]

Thanks!

[@NH4Ukraine2]

Great video! Thanks for posting. I was curious how you prevent lens flare in setup four. Are you further back and using a longer focal length to get out of the throw of light from the rim? Thanks.

[@maryamka9262]

great thanks

[@NathanElson]

Welcome 😊

[@MMoore137]

Awesome video, on your rim light light facing forward it looks like you would be getting flare in your lens the way it looks from the video and where you are sitting...

[@NathanElson]

I get that comment a lot, and I've even had my assistants on set ask me about it, but the light is out of frame, so it never flares on me.