Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It (2nd Edition), 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 01 BEAUTY LOOK CLAMSHELL LIGHTING

THE SETUP

This is a three-flash setup (though you can do it with two flashes, which we’ll talk about in the Behind the Scenes section). Our main light is a 26" octagonal softbox, up high on a boom stand directly in front of our subject, tilted down at around a 45° angle. To fill in the shadows under her neck and eyes, we added a second flash with another 26" octagonal softbox down low aiming back up at her at a 45° angle. Lastly, to not only create a solid white background, but also to have light ...