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September 29, 2008
KAT CAVERLY Beauté
Thomas Hudson Reeve photographed by Kat Caverly
Looking beautiful is all about the lighting. Looking ugly is all about the lighting too. BEing funny as Tom shows us in the test above, well is all about personality!
When we have a choice we choose beauty lighting. And now we can bring the studio with us on location with the right equipment (and the right assistant).
I worked on the specifics of the equipment and the lighting ratio for a couple of weeks and then discovered Lastolite! lastolite has come out with the HiLite which is a softbox that can be used as a background making a High Key beauty lighting a bit easier and totally portable. The 6'x7' version folds down to a 40" circle. WOW. It takes a bit to master the folding back up but thanks to the brilliance of my esteemed colleague Thomas Hudson Reeve, he was able to get it done in under 3 attempts with just a bit of practice.
The key here (excuse the pun) is SOFT. I chose a extra large softbox 48"x72" for the fill light and after much testing I chose a Speedotron beauty dish shooting through an ultra white umbrella (for the shape on the eyes) for the Key light. the key to the Key is soft soft soft.
The HiLite serves as the background in this scenario and gives an fabulous cleanliness to the whole look and I only needed 48" between the background and the model. Overall I just needed 20 feet of space to setup and get a studio look while shooting outdoors!
Special thanks to international make-up artist Susan Sterling who achieved that perfect young, fresh and beautiful make-up, and I couldn't do any of this with grace without Tom Reeve.
Posted by photocartoonist at September 29, 2008 2:59 PM
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Comments
Thank you for sharing your work. I found your lighting technique brilliant. Your portrait of Mr. Reeve is excellent. May I inquire as to whether you have a professional studio or if you would travel to an engagement? Thank you.
Posted by: Beulah at October 2, 2008 2:15 AM
Thanks for your wonderful comments Beulah. I have a professional studio AND I accept location assignments. Check out the "View Beauty Shot" link. This was done on location as pictured. The shot of Tom was done in the studio with the same lighting setup.
Posted by: Kat Caverly at October 2, 2008 8:26 AM