Lighting

This page contains various lighting diagrams for some of the photos on this site and is really just a reference for myself and anyone else in the photographic community to use.

Our Rob or Ross

A three light setup; Canon 580 EX, bare, 1/16th power, zoom at 28mm to camera left & right behind subject. Canon 580EX II, 28″ Westcott Apollo Softbox, 1/2 power, zoom at 24mm, 1/4 CTO to left of camera (WB set to tungsten).

Three Light setup


Car Park Studio

A two light setup; Canon 580EX at 1/8th power into 43" reflective umbrella over my right shoulder, Canon 580EX II at 1/16th power about 3 feet behind subject.

Backlit


Beating the daylight!

A two light setup; Canon 580 EX at 1/8 power in 28" Softbox, camera left. Nikon SB800 at full power directly behind the subject pointing at the ceiling.

Light the roof!


Young Love in San Francisco

A two light setup; Canon 580 EX at 1/8th power into 28″ softbox, camera left. Canon 580 EX II, no modifier, full CTO, 1/16th power camera right.

Cross lit


Rob, revisited

A one light & reflector setup; Canon 580 EX at 1/8th power into 28″ softbox, camera left. Big silver reflector camera right.

One light and a reflector


Creating a sunset

A two light setup; Canon 580 EX at 1/8th power into 60" reflective umbrella, camera right. Canon 580EX, full CTO 1/4 power behind tree pointing back at camera.


Genovia Workshop

A one light setup; Alien Bee B1600 at full power into beauty dish. Overhead on a boom.

Setup shot for two beautiful models shot using an Alien Bee B1600 in San Francisco by Kulay Photography.


A bunker, a forest and an Island…oh my!

A two light set up. Two Canon 580EX’s in a softbox each. 1/8th power.


A Little Bit Sassy

A three light set up. Two Canon 580EX’s at the rear lighting the wall, full power. A Nikon SB800 at 1/4 power to camera left. No modifiers on any of the lights.