Rim lighting photography

When starting out with off-camera flash, especially in portraiture, we don't always have access to a lot of high-tech or expensive strobes and modifiers. Here's a simple setup that will help you create stunning low-key rim lit images with very little equipment required. In this video, Gavin Hoey shows us how to create a simple rim setup using just one light, including common

I took this self portrait in my garage with a small strobe with a red gel behind me to create a rim light and then used a flash with a mid sized soft box with a blue gel as my key light. #Portraits #SelfPortraits #Gels #Studio #Studio Photography

Week 16: Technical: Portrait Lighting “Cameo” Rim Lighting: to create this photograph I used a single studio light (fitted with a “barn door” attachment to narrow the beam of light) placed behind my daughter. This photo is unedited, as the lighting gave me exactly the shot I set out to achieve. Canon Eos 7D, 50mm, F1.8, 1/80 sec, ISO 500 #Dogwood52 #Dogwood2018Week16 #Dogwood2016

In many of my shoots over the last year, I have opted to use only LED continuous lights over my strobes, and I can only see that trend continuing. Here's why I think you ought to consider LEDs if you haven't tried them yet. Portability Both on and off Set Ryan Beatty shot for FAULT Magazine. My R3 set to its coolest Kelvin is off camera right, then a small LED on a lightstand

Rim lighting is a photography technique where light highlights a subject’s silhouette. It’s a great technique to use indoors or outdoors.

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