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Creating dramatic studio lighting with Profoto A2 flashes

September 4, 2023 Neil vN 1 Comment

Creating dramatic studio lighting with Profoto A2 flashes

Profoto has created an entire system of portable lighting with accessories around their Profoto A2 flash  (B&H / Amazon). I had the rare opportunity to connect again with one of my favorite models, Erin Leigh Pribyl, for a photo session in my studio. Even in this short video clip, you’ll get a sense of her personality. With this, I wanted to create dramatic portrait lighting with a hint of the old Hollywood Glamor lighting, but with color instead of B&W. In this video is a glimpse of how I built up 4 flashes around her to create dramatic studio lighting, with two Profoto A2 flashes and two Profoto A10 flashes  (B&H / Amazon).

Of course I could replicate this with the larger Profoto flashes in the studio, but using the smaller, light-weight Profoto A2 flashes  (B&H / Amazon) and Clic System meant that I would be able to do this on location as well. The four flashes and various Clic accessories fit in that camera bag that I show there in this video.

 

 

Camera settings and camera gear used for this sequence of photos

  • 1/250  @  f/6.3  @  125 ISO
  • Sony A9ii  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Sony A1  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM ii  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM ii  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Profoto A2 flash  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Profoto A10 flash  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Profoto 2ft Clic Octabox  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Profoto 2.7 ft Clic Octabox  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Profoto Clic Barndoors  (B&H / Amazon)
  • Clic Creative Gel kit  (B&H / Amazon)

 


 

Summary

The Clic system and the flashes are a nice, thorough and portable system, which will see a lot of use.

 

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Related articles

  • review: Profoto A10 flash
  • Off-camera flash with the Profoto A1, A1x, A10 flashes
  • review: Profoto B10 flash

 

Filed Under: equipment reviews: Profoto, Erin Leigh Pribyl, models, Profoto, studio photography, video tutorial Tagged With: dramatic studio lighting, Profoto A2, Profoto flashes, studio lighting with Profoto


 

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1 Comments, Add Your Own

  1. 1Pam says

    September 6, 2023 at 8:22 am

    Just curious how you approach a new set up. Do you try various angles, etc. before your model/client arrives then adjust as necessary, or do you just go with what feels right and looks good once your subject is there?

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