Join Sal Cincotta, Canon Explorer of Light and Profoto Legend of Light, for 3 setups for soft light beauty portraits. Sal will take you behind the scenes and show you how to work with different light sources in your studio and show you the results.
// My Everyday Gear //
Camera Equipment //
Canon EOS-R //
Canon RF70-200 //
Canon RF85 f1.2 //
Canon RF50 f1.2 //
Canon RF28-70 f2.0 //
Canon RF15-35 f2.8 //
Canon LPE6N Battery //
Lighting //
Profoto Air Remote Trigger //
Profoto Connect Trigger //
Profoto A1 //
Profoto A1X //
Profoto B1 //
Profoto B10 //
Profoto B10Plus //
Westcott Solix Video Lighting //
Modifiers //
*=Personal Fav
*Westcott Eyelighter 2 //
*Westcott Rapid Box Switch Octa-L //
*Westcott Rapid-Box Light Modifiers //
Westcott Switch Inserts (use any light source) //
Westcott Rapid-Box Switch //
*Profoto 5ft Octa //
Profoto 24in OCF Beauty Dish Silver //
Profoto Softlight Reflector //
Misc //
Weight Bag //
Educational Links //
Grow Your Photography Business – www.levelupsal.com
Hands-On Photography Education – www.shutterfest.com
FREE Photography Magazine – www.behindtheshutter.com
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27 responses to “3 setups for soft light beauty portrait photography”
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Hi Cool video what background did you use for the photoshoot
Love your energy Sal, thanks for all that you share. These are all great. I do love the last shot though. Shooting wide open looks great too!
Some You tube portrait photographers use shallow depth of field to silly extremes. The eyes are sharp, but the end of the nose and ears are out of focus. Or, the near eye is sharp and the far eye is clearly out of focus. Dumb. As a rule, I never shoot portraits wider than f.5, and usually at f.8. But that's me. * I do like the large soft light for some things. For the other extreme, I sometimes use speedlights with the small clip on diffusers or no diffusion. Depends.
Great Video! Love it! Which Lightmeter do you use?
What kind of backdrop were you using?
how are you shooting at 1/200 my canon sync speed is 160 unless using high speed sync
you're always so upbeat!
Would there be a difference in softness if I used a large softbox with a deflector plate and diffusers with the flash outside (pointing towards the subject), vs a softbox with diffuser where the flash is inside the softbox (pointing away from the subject like in your video)? I'm having a hard time getting soft portraits with my 36" softbox and wanting to upgrade.
Great vid, leeeearning, 1/200 f1.2 SO NO hss, how?!! my lights overpower at f1.4 at 1/250 with a 1200 octa with a baffle and front diffuser. I'd rather not have to use hss tbh.
Awesome porcelain tones. Awesome work!
Love the content Sal…Genuinely but how are you getting enough light on the backdrop?
Excellent!! So love your tutorials. Iโve improved already. Thanks ๐ ๐
I have a 7โ umbrella, but not a 7โ octa. Does the depth of octa really make that big of difference for type of images you made of Alyssa in the video?
WTF is "Profoto Legend of Light?" Is that like Apple employees being called "Geniuses'"?
Hello Sal, I really enjoyed this tutorial. You have a very pop backdrop here. Could you share the link, please?
I love the music in this. I think the shallow depth of field with the large light source is beautiful! Really draws attentions to her eyes.
I preferred the first shots because of how her skin looked. Sal, ask your salon to tint your eyebrows light brown, your model knows what I'm talkin' about. You will be even more of a chic magnet. love u
i just watched a couple of ur vids and the quality of ur work is insane! very well done…๐
All Notifications turned on! Fantastic tutorial brother! I look forward to watch the Sekonic light meter tutorial! Rock on! ๐ค๐ป๐๐ค๐ป
They were all gorgeous! I did love the 85mm. Alyssa is beautiful, the dress was amazing and the photos are stunning!
Sal rockin another shoot! Thank you for sharing this and helping out all of us photographers. It means a great deal to the community.
Beautiful. I love your work and definitely make me want to step up my game. Question: what you recommend for tight space studios? Right now I shoot in my apartment and I usually having to shoot in spaces no wider that 6' for portraits.
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love every second of this, great work, lets get more of it !!!
I love overheadlight to work with!
Hard to pick just one image, but I like the closeup of the face w 85 mm lens as this is what I like to do. But all three are top notch images.