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Last time we covered basic three point lighting and that yielded an entirely decent head and shoulders portrait. With a neutral background three point lighting works great and it’s a basic setup that’s been working in photography for decades. Today I want to amp up the power a little...you know how I love lighting power. If I hit the test switch and the lights dim across town from the power drain, you know that’s going to be a fun shoot! There’s also method to the madness as today I want to…

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Portrait Lighting Setup poster to be helpful. It contains 24 different portrait lighting setups using a variety of lighting gear and lighting patterns. Click the image to see it up large. Also check out some of the further reading. #OutdoorPhotography

The basic setup for three-point studio lighting is fairly straightforward. All you need is a background, a key or main light, a fill light and a hair light. The lights can be strobes or continuous but for the best and most consistent results I prefer strobes.

A stand made of 3/4" PVC to hold a diffusion panel made of ripstop nylon that slides up and down and tilts. Sliding joint is made of a "Slip-Tee" as described in the Tinker Tubes document at "http://www.software-cinema.com/tinkertubes/tt-book.pdf". Total cost, including 500W light stand, nylon and PVC parts is about $50. I also got a similar quartz-halogen 250W clip-on light for about $15 that I hung above to add some highlights to the hair. A 250W light was hung above and slightly to the…

Three Point Lighting Set Up: A three-point lighting set up uses three lights to achieve depth within the image and is Often used for interviews.Three lights are used, a key light, fill light and ba…