From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
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Using studio strobes for photo
From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
Using studio strobes for photo
Abba Shapiro: Now let's talk a little bit about what we have set up here. The first thing I want to look at, and I want to show you is our strobe lights. Now, we have three strobe lights set up in this situation in soft boxes. We have a primary strobe which is going to be our Key Light or where our brightest light is coming from. We also have a second strobe here which is going to be our Fill Light. Now, the fill light is going to just make sure we can control our shadows from the key. Finally, we put another light back here, a final strobe, which is actually our Hair Light, because we want to make sure there's definitely separation, and we want to make sure that the hair pops, and it gives it a nice feel. Now, of course, you may not have three lights to work with. You might only have two or you might only have one. So, if that's the case, you might want to use a reflector. Now, Richard has a reflector, and you can get this and they can be white, they can be silver, they can be gold…
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