A soft, warm light source with strong falloff

[Markler999]

 

Hello everyone,

Im looking to create something similar to the reference image.

I’d like the lighting to feel soft and warm on the skin, with some falloff and contrast.

The plan is to shoot this in slow motion, probably around 80–120 fps.

I came across a YouTube video featuring a relatively inexpensive LED fixture called the GVM Ziptile Z200B.

It doesn’t quite achieve this look, but it seemed like it could still work.

Would you have any suggestions on how to light this nicely?

Many thanks

 

 

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[csmartinez]

Something that could be done is doing a book light, meaning your source goes into a bounce, and then goes through silk or cloth, so your source is in the middle of these. I’ve used a 6×6 for this on a subject and it has worked nicely. Remember that what determines a lights softness is its size relative to the subject.

[csmartinez]

I remembered something else I should of said. Using some sort of negative fill would help with the shadows, like a 4×4 flag, or any black fabric I think.

[Markler999]

I was actually looking into exactly that, what light source would you recommend for the book light?

I was thinking maybe an ARRI tungsten bounced into Ultra Bounce or Griffolyn, with a Full Silk in front.

OR an LED or HMI source with some yellow/orange Lee filters for warmth.

However, the main thing for this look to work though, is the strong contrast with the right half falling off into shadow. How would I need my book light to be to get such a nice contrast? That’s also why I also considered something like a Kino Flo 4 Bank with a grid attached as I would assume the falloff could be nice. But I never really loved Kinoflo’s and I would assume in the reference its for sure something different.

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