Valentine's Day Themed Beauty Shoot using an Optical Spot
In this Valentine's Day themed photo deconstruction I show you a technique where I light a diffusion filter from behind with an optical spot and a gel for eye catching results.
By now you probably know that my favorite new modifier is the optical spot that I helped co-design with Westcott.
For those of you that may not know, an optical spot is a specialty modifier that lets you project specific patterns and slices of light on your subject/background etc.
For this shoot I wanted to do a Valentine’s Day theme but something a bit different with the optical spot then I've done before.
💡Lighting
The background is a Lee Heavy Frost Diffusion filter which gives me a white background, but the trick here is lighting it from behind with a heart logo, almost like a crown on the subject. What I like about using this technique is that some of the light hitting the filter also spills on to the subject proving this nice beautiful glow. Could I have just pointed the optical spot at the background to get the heart? Sure, but you wouldn’t get that glow. 😝
The second light is another optical spot to create a very narrow beam of light on the subject’s face. The reason why I lit the subject like this is so that I could have areas of shadow on the face that I could gel.
This is where the 3rd strobe comes into place which is a medium umbrella with diffusion and purple gel.
As you can see each light has a specific job!
🖌️ Post Processing
The straight out of camera was very close to the final image. There were only a few areas that I decided to tighten up. I added a vignette, more contrast, and added a bit more cyan to the shadow areas to tie the colors together.
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⚙️ Camera settings:
✅ 1/200th
✅ F4.0
✅ ISO 200
📸 Gear Used:
✅ Westcott Optical Spot: https://lindsayadler.photo/wcopticalspot (every purchase of the Westcott Optical Spot you'll receive a link to a free 40 minute video showing even more creative techniques!)
✅ Canon EOS R5: https://adorama.rfvk.net/JxzdE
✅ Canon 24-105 4.0 https://adorama.rfvk.net/KG0ne
✅ Profoto D2: https://adorama.rfvk.net/qvB7y
✅ Profoto Medium Umbrella: https://adorama.rfvk.net/aQEYj
✅ Profoto Medium Umbrella Diffuser: https://adorama.rfvk.net/xAmXd
✅ Lee Filters Heavy Frost 48"x25' Gel Filter Roll, 1" Core: https://adorama.rfvk.net/7mEz1r
🔥 For more creative setups using the Optical Spot you'll definitely want to check out my lighting recipe guide: https://lindsayadler.photo/opticalguide
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