{"id":51718,"date":"2023-09-04T22:02:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T02:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=51718"},"modified":"2026-06-23T01:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:28:33","slug":"creating-dramatic-studio-lighting-with-profoto-a2-flashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/creating-dramatic-studio-lighting-with-profoto-a2-flashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating dramatic studio lighting with Profoto A2 flashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/860807647?byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Creating dramatic studio lighting with Profoto A2 flashes<\/h2>\n<p>Profoto has created an entire system of portable lighting with accessories around their <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto A2 flash<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>). I had the rare opportunity to connect again with one of my favorite models, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/erinpdiddy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erin Leigh Pribyl<\/a>, for a photo session\u00a0in my studio. Even in this short video clip, you&#8217;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&amp;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a10-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto A10 flashes<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a10-flash-sony-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a10-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Of course I could replicate this with the larger Profoto flashes in the studio, but using the smaller, light-weight <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto A2 flashes<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>) 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NeilvanNiekerk\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/banners\/youtube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Camera settings and camera gear used for this sequence of photos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/250 \u00a0@ \u00a0f\/6.3 \u00a0@ \u00a0125 ISO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A9ii<\/a>\u00a0 (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B&amp;H<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony A1<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a1-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-a1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-70-200mm-f28-gm-oss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony 70-200mm f\/2.8 GM ii<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-70-200mm-f28-gm-oss-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-70-200mm-f28-gm-oss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-24-70mm-f28-gm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony 24-70mm f\/2.8 GM ii<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-24-70mm-f28-gm-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/sony-fe-24-70mm-f28-gm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto A2 flash<\/a>\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a2-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a10-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto A10 flash<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a10-flash-sony-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-a10-flash-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-softbox-octa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto 2ft Clic Octabox<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-softbox-octa-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-softbox-octa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-27-clic-softbox-octa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto 2.7 ft Clic Octabox<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-27-clic-softbox-octa-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-27-clic-softbox-octa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-barndoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profoto Clic Barndoors<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-barndoors-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-barndoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-creative-gel-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clic Creative Gel kit<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-creative-gel-kit-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-clic-creative-gel-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>The Clic system and the flashes are a nice, thorough and portable system, which will see a lot of use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/neilvn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/banners\/instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For videos, follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/neilvn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vimeo<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NeilvanNiekerk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-profoto-a10-flash\/\">review: Profoto A10 flash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/off-camera-flash-profoto-ocf-adapter-using-a1-a1x-a10-flashes\/\">Off-camera flash with the Profoto A1, A1x, A10 flashes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-profoto-b10-flash\/\">review: Profoto B10 flash<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating dramatic studio lighting with Profoto A2 flashes Profoto has created an entire system of portable lighting with accessories around their Profoto A2 flash\u00a0 (B&amp;H \/ Amazon). I had the rare opportunity to connect again with one of my favorite models, Erin Leigh Pribyl, for a photo session\u00a0in my studio. Even in this short video&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/creating-dramatic-studio-lighting-with-profoto-a2-flashes\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read more inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13475,14244,24,511,136,630],"tags":[797,14245,14246,910],"yst_prominent_words":[14163,14162,14160,14114,14112,2227,2192,7685,14115,14113,2570,14155,14154,14161,14159],"class_list":{"0":"post-51718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-equipment-reviews-profoto","8":"category-erin-leigh-pribyl","9":"category-models","10":"category-profoto","11":"category-studio-photography","12":"category-video-tutorial","13":"tag-dramatic-studio-lighting","14":"tag-profoto-a2","15":"tag-profoto-flashes","16":"tag-studio-lighting-with-profoto","17":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51718"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52533,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51718\/revisions\/52533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51718"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=51718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}