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Clamshell Portrait 3
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Here we illustrate a very common lighting approach used by professional fashion photographers called "clamshell" lighting. "Clamshell" lighting is popular because it typically renders a flattering 1:1 lighting ratio.
For this lesson, we scheduled a photo-shoot with a local model to create a classic "clamshell" head and shoulders shot.
(Click on any thumbnail image below for an enlarged view.) |
Topics Covered:
- Shooting portraits using the "clamshell" lighting set up
Equipment Used:
 Figure 1 |
A 5-foot OctoDome3 softbox with a strobe light head was used as our overhead main light.
This lighting set up was suspended using a boom and boom stand. The weightbag visible in the foreground was used to counter-balance the weight of the strobe and soft box. |
 Figure 2 |
This is the result of our overhead main light. |
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An oval LiteDisc reflector was placed under the main light to bounce light up into the face of our model.
This is a common lighting set up known as "clamshell" lighting. |
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This is the result shot. We achieved great results using only one light source and a reflector as the fill. |
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We used another model to demonstrate the same lighting set up. |
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This is the result of using only the 5-foot OctoDome3 as the main light. |
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Again, we used an oval LiteDisc as the reflector fill. This time, however, we used the soft gold side to warm up the shadow areas of our shot.
Note: This photo shows why the term "clamshell" is used to describe this style of lighting. |
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This is the result of our clamshell lighting set up. |
Related Lessons
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