{"id":26156,"date":"2015-02-05T19:47:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T23:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=26156"},"modified":"2017-11-08T07:04:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T11:04:15","slug":"lingerie-photo-session-studio-lighting-textures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/lingerie-photo-session-studio-lighting-textures\/","title":{"rendered":"Lingerie photo session in the studio – Lighting, light & textures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lingerie photo session in the studio – lighting, light & textures<\/h1>\n

This photograph of\u00a0Melanie<\/a>, one of my favorite models, is one of a sequence where we played\u00a0with different lights and lighting styles in the studio. I wanted lighting that was both soft and dramatic. Both feminine and bold.\u00a0The lighting is the same idea – using a big gridded strip-box \/ soft-box<\/a>\u00a0– as I used in a previous photo session with another model, Anita DeBauch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The final image above, is the result of\u00a0adding texture layers in Photoshop. I wanted to retain her shadow and other detail in the wall, while enhancing the appeal of the image with a texture layer in PS.\u00a0I felt that the\u00a0unadorned photo\u00a0needed an additional element\u00a0to elevate it.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0first thing you’ll notice with the ‘before’ image, is that the wall behind her is actually a bland white. While the lighting pattern is perhaps interesting – there is that “staggered” blocky effect from the gridded stripbox –\u00a0but it is still a plain white wall. To make it infinitely more interesting, I added a textured layer in Photoshop.<\/p>\n

There are always a number of ways to go about things in Photoshop.
\nHere is how I do it:\u00a0Adding texture layers to photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Camera gear (& equivalents), and lighting gear used<\/h2>\n

The pull-back shot shows\u00a0the lighting, and the position of the light. It is a single Profoto D1 Air 500Ws studio flash<\/a> (affiliate<\/em>), with a Profoto\u00a01’x6′ gridded strip-box<\/a> (affiliate<\/em>). I really like the way it throws the light when used close to the wall. \u00a0The grid helps contain the light intensity close to the wall, so it doesn’t completely over-expose. The long shape of the softbox, as well as the grid on the softbox, create\u00a0a unique light fall-off –\u00a0giving soft, but dramatic light.<\/p>\n