Some recent beauty/portrait work

Recent work for a client.

Amazing work my friend

Thank you for the kind words.

#6 is my favorite

Flawless.....All of them!

Randy

Amazing.. Share some of your secrets?

Very good work.

Beautiful!

No secrets simple lighting simple posing thorough retouch. If there is anything specific you want to know let me know.

Beautiful.

If you could post a simple lighting diagram, I am sure it will benefit a lot of people here. You could use strobox to create one.... thanks!

Wow! These are stunning, nicely done.

Lighting is simple beauty clam shell or butterfly lighting.

The main light is an Elinchrom deep octa box with both the internal baffle and external diffusion included. This is directly above and in front of the model along the same camera axis.

The fill is a diy tri reflector. This is essentially 3 cardboard rectanglar a2 size pieces covered in silver paper and joined together with tape on the back. Held under the model chin out of frame, this fill light bounces back the key light filling the shadows and making the face glow.

Just do a Google or youtube search for butterfly lighting. You will see videos and diagrams. Hope his helps.

I think I just found my new diy project

FKP007 wrote in post #17795215
Lighting is simple beauty clam shell or butterfly lighting.

The main light is an Elinchrom deep octa box with both the internal baffle and external diffusion included. This is directly above and in front of the model along the same camera axis.

The fill is a diy tri reflector. This is essentially 3 cardboard rectanglar a2 size pieces covered in silver paper and joined together with tape on the back. Held under the model chin out of frame, this fill light bounces back the key light filling the shadows and making the face glow.

Just do a Google or youtube search for butterfly lighting. You will see videos and diagrams. Hope his helps.

Thanks.

I teach lighting at BU's CDIA. It was for the benefit of others that i requested, especially when you had examples posted.
I am sure they will find your information about the butterfly lighting very helpful.

Stunning! The lighting, the colors, composition, it all comes together beautifully. Great work!