Creating an Eye-catching Beauty Image using Hard Light

In this Photo Deconstruction, I breakdown how I used two speciality hard light modifiers and gels to create and eye catching and graphic beauty image. We’ll also talk about how you can achieve flattering light on the skin, even when your main light is a hard light, with one of my favorite modifiers, the fresnel. If you’re interested in attending one of my in person workshops where you can learn these techniques in real time check out when the next Fashion Intensive event will be: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Concept 01:26 Behind the Scenes 02:26 Lighting Used 05:35 Background and Gear 06:58 Retouching 09:12 Capture One 09:50 Photoshop 💡 Lighting (2): 1) Fresnel on the left center of the frame 2) Optical Spot with an orange gel on the right side of the frame, pointed at the background 3) Beauty dish with a grid with a cyan gel on the right center of the frame ⚙️ Camera settings: