Hey hey! First of all, I would like to wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New year 2010! I am very grateful to all who takes interest in our work and to all who has been supporting us all this time. Special thanks to iStockphoto and to the whole team, a part of which I was lucky to become this year. Cheers!

At this fairy night, I would like to share with you a new studio lighting setup with a wonderful effect giving to the image more charm. I shall not plunge into details of studio lighting setup, as it is very simple and consists only from two light sources: a softbox, placed in parallel to the floor over the model’s face, and a snoot, directed to the background. I would like to share with you the way I managed to create a purple glowing on this picture. Continue reading

Hey hey! Last week I showed you studio lighting setup, where I used small depth of field F4 (Studio lighting setup #17, charcoal background.) and all light sources were at minimal power. Now, I would like to show you an example of the opposite case. As I have said before, I often use F10 when shooting in the studio. This time I’ll use F25 and all light sources will be at maximal power and regulated only by change in the distance between them and the model. Two 120° Wide-Angle Reflector lights are set on each side of the model in parallel with the background. Continue reading