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.