In this video, Pye shares his favorite two-light portrait setup called ‘light stacking’. Watch and learn how to create a more elevated look for your portraits!
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46 responses to “Light Stacking: Two-Light Portrait Setup | Master Your Craft”
Very nice
Good stuff. Third request for the link to backdrop. Thanks!
Dream lens 70-200 Is II 😪
First of all, I have to find a place that large enough for stacking the flash
Great info HOWEVER the annoying music is overpowering the info
Where is your light meter. Oh my gosh!
Pye, Renee, and Adorama, thank you for sharing this helpful information with us all, I really enjoyed this video.
Canon 5d Mark VI ? 🙂
Great technique training…
Pi I loved this but it was just a few things that were confusing 1 putting one light on Chanel A and the other on Chanel b, How can they both go off at the same time
Great job
Don’t the curtains close?
Always love your teaching. I've purchased multiple courses. All very well done! Would the same effect be possible in Lightroom with a quick radial adjustment?
Great info, thanks!
Thank you for revealing the secret, this tip stands behind hundreds of portraits
Good one .
This simple setup is so cool. Photos come out expensive!
Cool 😎
I noticed one of my favorite photographers using this technique, but didn’t fully understand how/why — now I do! Thank you for explaining everything so slowly and gradually, and not skipping over anything. Really appreciate it
Wonderful explanation! 👍
this is brilliant, thanks for posting
You are the best teacher I have ever seen. The way you put the material into steps is excellent. It took me all 30 mins to feel much more confident to use the Speedlight. My friend, I will subscribe to the SLR Lounge once I finish watching this video.
Takes a lot of time. To useless things
This technique was used a lot in films of the 1940's and 50's where the 'punch light' was used to highlight/pick out the 'star" in the scene. There is a very good example in "Casablanca" picking out Ingrid Bergman in a group sitting around a table.
May I know what backdrop using for this shoot?
Nice, very nice.
This was dope! I learned something in regards to how far to place the lights away from the inside of the umbrella! Thank you!
That is some gorgeous light. Well done and thanks for the vid!
thank you so much, thanks for sharing great concept flash stocking….now that youve set the correct light power set up of group b flash , do you have photo taken with only B flash is turned on and flash A turned off and compare the two? thanks
Great instructional video Pye. Love it. I remember the gas station shot. It's inspired me to get one at a local abandoned garage here with an old truck and a couple models.
Love it!!
Great video. I like the idea of light stacking. Thanks.
So nice backdrop. Can we get the link to that?
This concept is very popular- but- usually done with a smaller harder modifier (often a beauty dish) and a bigger softer source behind (large white or diffuse umbrella is perfect) to allow for a more contrasty sculptural light on the face and a softer fill for the shadows and full body. Using a 2nd soft umbrella does not allow for the same differentiation of the look/feel of the light.
Great instructional video that is clear and easy to follow. One small issue; the outside light is so bright that the white umbrellas get lost. I've noticed this on your other videos, but it really isn't as bad as with this one.
Or you can start with the smaller light and closer light source as your main and add the fill later (the larger light later). It's easier if you use a light meter.
so love the stept by step approach … very well explained!
aka on axis fill
what a nice and pure narration
Regarding the stacked technique, I'm not sure whether you couldn't have achieved the same result with just one light source. The net effect of the two umbrellas should be a light source with a hot spot in the centre. Just using the bigger umbrella with the umbrella a bit closer to the strobe should achieve a very similar result, no? The motorbike example is different but in the portrait situation, the two stacked sources seem to be too close together and too similar in the quality of light they produce.
6:45 "I think six now". Try a Flashpoint trigger (and Flashpoint lights) some time. Then you won't have to guess at what power level your strobes are. It is insane that the Profoto trigger does not display the manually set power levels. One still has to hone in on the correct settings, of course, but it helps to know what one is starting with and where one ended up being.
Would this technique work with 2 softbox.
Beautiful set up this is very informative
Excellent tutorial for soft light – been looking for ages…Thank you !
I like to listen his calm voice and very well explained video about light! I definitely going to try this technique! Thank you Pye
Iam a newbie and got really confused by it all. It would be nice to id. the comparison pics with Before and After. E.g. with the reflector it appeared to me the photo on the left had less shadow than the photo on the right. Usually i expect the Before on the left and the After on the right. Maybe i am just blind.