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1. Studio Lighting
Setups & Examples
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All sample photos (c) sasi shanmugarajah

2. What is the difference between:
• Bare bulb lighting,
• Umbrella lighting, and
• Soft-box lighting?

3. Bare bulb/Reflector lighting
Reflector Strobe
• Harsh light (strong contrast)
• Strong shadows

4. Face level
Bare bulb/Reflector lighting
• hard shadows

5. Low next to
ground, pointing
up
Bare bulb/Reflector lighting
• hard shadows

6. Above face
level
Bare bulb/Reflector lighting
• hard shadows

7. Umbrella Lighting
• Softer light (lower contrast)
• Softer shadows

8. Main light Fill light
Umbrella light
• softer shadows

9. Umbrella light
• softer shadows

10. Soft-Box lighting
• Softest light (lowest contrast)
• Softest shadows

11. Note the softer shadow due to a softbox
Soft-box light
• softest shadows

12. Soft-box light
• softest shadows

13. Soft-box light
• softest shadows

14. Strobe with
blue gel
Softbox on boom,
above head level,
pointed down

15. Studio Lighting Tips
• Increase/decrease aperture to reduce flash
exposure on subject
• Increase/decrease shutter speed to reduce
ambient light exposure

16. Studio Lighting Tips
• Start off at manual mode
• 1/125s, F/8
• Increase/decrease strobe power to get right
exposure
• Keep shutter speed between 1/60 – 1/160 s

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