Shooting in a studio has its advantages. As you have control over the environment, although being warm, dry, and convenient are greatly appreciated, shooting between the same four walls can get a little boring. Sure, you could get some colored paper backgrounds, you could even buy a fancy canvas sheet with paint splashes on it, and for the really adventurous, you could even use some colored lights behind your subject. But what happens when you’re finally bored of all that? Time to get a little more creative with your studio backgrounds.
in my bag
- Rosco Color Gel “Golden Amber”
- Godox 9″x 35″ 22x90cm Honeycomb Grid Strip Softbox
- Goshoot Diffusion Filter Lighting Gel 35 in x 59 ft Roll
- Neewer 7inch/ 18cm Standard Reflector Diffuser with 10/30/50 Degree Honeycomb Grid
- Nikon D850
- Two Godox AD 200 and one AD 600
- Sigma 70-200 /f2.8
- Neewer 48’’ Deep Parabolic Softbox
- V-Flat from V-Flat World
how i shot it
The goal was to create a sense of depth with the background without pumping the room full of smoke so that the subject is not obscured, and to make my subject to remain crisp and unaffected by any supplemental artificial atmosphere and my background would have a visual depth to them that would draw the viewer in.
I placed a reflector diffuser with Rosco Gel ‘Golden Amber’ at the back of the plant and then Godox AD 200 as a hair light behind the background
The key light was Godox AD 600 in a Neewer 48’’ Deep Parabolic Softbox feathered on camera left and then a white v-flat on camera right to bounce light back to the subject.
The client had a different vision for this photoshoot, she wanted something simple and basic, which I have been doing over and over; I was able to convince her to create something different I used a three-light set for this shoot