From this past week’s shoot with Elaine for a local fashion designer (Nicole Haddad)
I wanted a lighting scheme that would show off the clothes and textures in the fabric (so nothing too contrasty/dramatic) but at the same time give some visual interest and not be too “flat”
I decided to go with 2 small/medium softboxes (actually a 46″ softlighter and a 28″ westcott) almost from the sides, just a bit in front. This gave me nice wrapping side light to bring out the textures in the folds of the cloth. A 3rd strobe in a bounced brolly from the right rear provided some rim light (just a touch) while the final strobe from the left lit the background. I like to call this my “wall o’ light”
The setup:
And some of the results:
