Traditional Lighting Setups: Ep 206: Digital Photography 1 on 1: Adorama Photography TV

AdoramaTV Presents Digital Photography One on One. In this week's episode Mark answers a viewer's question about broad and short light with regard to studio lighting. Join Mark in the studio as he walks through six traditional lighting setups. Learn the techniques used to create butterfly lighting and loop lighting, among others.
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Products used in this week's episode:
Westcott 32" White Satin Umbrella with Removable Black Cover
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Profoto Acute2 1200ws ProValue Pack with Acute2 Power Pack 2 Flash Heads
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Photoflex Litedome Platinum, Small 16" x 22" x 13" Softbox
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Photoflex Litedome Platinum, Large 36" x 48" Softbox
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Nikon D3S Digital SLR Camera Body, 12.1 Megapixel, HD D-Movie Mode
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[@brajapk]

Mark I love simplicistic manner to address the intricacies.

[@fatherdanmclaughlinosa3215]

I like that this instructional video showed many styles of lighting in one short presentation. Mark Wallace is a very good teacher.

[@Audicy1]

Thank you for making these videos available to us all and not charging stupid prices for DVD's and such. I love these video tutorials and am currently eating up the lighting ones. Thanks again.

[@josephchan4198]

Awesome refresher course. Hope to see mark videos during the fall or spring.

[@atishjain1531]

Super learning Mark. Thanks a ton. Your videos are amazing. Really great ful.

[@ae5320]

It takes time to understand very well. Several times should be reviewed but final result is brilliant. Thank you very much , dear Marc

[@Stone1108]

Your are a good teacher and I learned because of your plane English explanations and structured approach, thank you.

[@Chickboom34]

Thanks, Mark. I learned a lot in 12 minutes. Time well spent.

[@siebenthal3956]

This was very helpful to me! Thanks a lot, Mark!

[@andregallek6416]

That's profoundly informative. Thank you very much !

[@mahmudsalih811]

thank you for making this wonderful video to demonstrate some of the different lighting :-)

[@michaeltucker6316]

Thank you for the information, very helpful

[@manoharmgr8235]

வீடியோ மிகவும் பயனுள்ளதாக இருந்தது மிக்க நன்றி Very useful This video , big thank you (R.MANOHAR ,Chennai.India)

[@TheRoadsidePhotographer]

I always like butterfly the best, the shadows always seem natural

[@wasabifoto]

Excellent tutorial video!! Thanks!!

[@KumaranAlagesan]

awesome explanation Mark.. Keep rocking... :)

[@mahmudsalih811]

nice .thank you keep up the good work.

[@essellar]

With most lights, it's the other way around. There's a "proportional" setting that varies the modelling light power as you adjust the flash power. When you use a separate dimmer control for the modelling lights (that's not a common feature; you usually just get on, off and proportional), all it adjusts is the modelling light. That lets you see the key light shadow patterns better, but still gives you a hint of "bad" highlights spilling from kickers if you pay close attention.

[@essellar]

That is a Profoto flash head you're seeing, and Mark usually uses a Profoto Acute pack to power it. It's not clear which pack is used here, but it's probably the Acute 1200 (1200 J/W-s), since the 2400 is major overkill for the usual small-format shooting apertures when you're not using a HUGE modifier (like a 7-foot octobank or parabolic) from a relatively far away (6+ meters/20+ feet). The modelling light you can see "live" in the video is a 250W tungsten bulb.

[@MarkWallaceVideos]

@DerekPKeogh Yes, the strobes are the only light source.

[@williamricheardsphotograph7393]

Awesome

[@MarkWallaceVideos]

@1970prm We used the flash.

[@davidgray2882]

Thanks! Question: What is the best color light to use? I see that you have white light (bulbs).

[@essellar]

Honestly, a kit at that price point that includes more than one light is going to be disappointing in a big way. You would be much better off going with a speedlight/"strobist" arrangement with adjustable manual flash (like the Yongnuo 460II/560II models). Cheap strobes usually have only full-stop power adjustments and 8-10 second recycle times. At $600ish, you can find kit offerings with good adjustability and non-frustrating recycle times, including Adorama's own Flashpoint "M" model kits.

[@bycostello]

not sure i see the difference between closed loop and Rembrandt? great vids please keep them coming

[@sltimmins]

Hi Mark: Really appreciate the video, but to be honest, I'm having trouble distinguishing the difference between the triangle in closed loop lighting and the Rembrandt triangle in this video. What am I missing? Is it the height, a bare bulb versus a softbox?? Thanks so much for all the tutorials. I can't take them in fast enough! :-)

[@MarkWallaceVideos]

@MrBossyboots Hi. I get many e-mails and unfortunately I can't respond to all of them individually. What was your question? I don't know which one is yours because your profile has no information. How can I help you out?

[@ChrisAstro]

Cute...

[@cerec69]

This is a great video but without modelling lamps I guess you need to be shooting tethered to see the results quick enough that you can change positions and flash output. Are you shooting this with manual flash?

[@hiltstop]

Mark: With the studio type strobes, when you turn up or down the modeling light does it also change the strobes flash at the same ratio Ted

[@afrimajestyframesshop4677]

waoo this very good and have lent a lot. thanks do you have training material?

[@PeterFerris]

You should help your models out and list their names & Instagrams, etc. They may actually get more work / exposure which I bet they'd appreciate. Just a thought. Great tutorials though, I love these.

[@yogeshsarkartravel]

Nice video and good to see Sam back. But I have to say, these photographs didn't turned out to be too flattering for her. In comparison, the outdoor shoot you had done her were fantastic.

[@PhuLy8788]

can you do a vid about how to set up lights for inhome family portrait ?

[@steveyoung2774]

Hi Mark, how can I sync a canon my II with my Neweer s-400N strobes?

[@DerekPKeogh]

This maybe a silly question, when you are working in the studio do you turn off the ambient lights and only use the light from your studio lighting equipment?

[@wellwhatthen10101]

No need to alter the lighting you can have the same effect by moving the subjet to the opposite direction and turn the face at the same time to have the same effect of changing the lighting position

[@alifridzuan1]

it seems like 'closed-loop' lighting is kinda similar to 'rembrandt'. is there a difference between those 2?

[@yellowbandana]

how about some two-flash photography tips?

[@ReefManiacThe]

What is the best lighting to shoot a Group?

[@tedming3515]

I wonder if Sam is a replicant. Like the one from Blade Runner movie. Surely looks like the one.

[@1970prm]

Was flash used to take the photos or was it just the light?

[@oceandrew]

@waseem5420288 I've noticed in these videos that Mark shoots both Canon and Nikon but it's tough to do both at the same time.

[@AgnostosGnostos]

Please does anybody knows the surname of this very beautiful model?

[@heidertorres]

Sorry, I didn't understand the difference between close loop and rembrandt. =/

[@MrCoolAttitude]

1st ?

[@MrBossyboots]

not happy with Mark keeps ignoring emails

[@zerokewl88]

thank you for making this wonderful video to demonstrate some of the different lighting :-)