Rim light photography photo ideas

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

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

Ring light self portrait

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

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