Lighting strategies when photographing the male body

In today’s video I am going to share three lighting strategies when photographing a shirtless male model.

We’ll start off with hard light, then well create shadows with a softbox and finally we’ll use cros lighting to sculpt our model Danny”s body.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:11 Hard Light with an optical snoot
03:47 Softlight from the side
09:33 Cross Lighting creates even more definition
12:22 Conclusion

Model https://www.instagram.com/strelladanny/

Further Viewing

GEAR

Camera Gear:
Canon EOS R5 https://amzn.to/3vPGmeb
Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L USM https://amzn.to/3tHbPxm
Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.0 https://amzn.to/3vkEWbE

Tether Tools TetherPro Right Angle Adapter USB 3.0 to USB-C Pigtail Cable, 20″, Orange https://amzn.to/3lo6gj4

TetherPro USB-C to USB Female Adapter (Extender), 15′ (4.6m) (High-Visibility Orange) https://amzn.to/33Eeca8

Lighting Gear:
Elinchrom FIVE https://amzn.to/3Um6V61

Elinchrom ONE flash https://adorama.rfvk.net/5bZgYL

Elinchrom Indirect Litemotiv Strip Softbox (13 x 69”) https://amzn.to/33NTasn

Sekonic LiteMaster Pro L-478DR-U-EL Series Light Meter for Elinchrom EL Skyport System https://amzn.to/2NM9DTz

GRIP

Studio Titan Camera Stand STA-01-360 MK2 https://bhpho.to/3cf4RfL

Studio Titan Sidekick stand https://bhpho.to/3PoL4Zl

Kupo offset arm https://amzn.to/2DlleEz

This video was shot with a
Canon Cinema EOS C70
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Canon C300 MK 2
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Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM Lens
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DZOFILM Pictor 20-55mm T2.8
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and lit with a

Nanlite Forza 720 LED Spot Light https://nanlite.pxf.io/AoVrzo

Music: Evolution and Going Higher and Birth of a Hero by Bensound http://bensound.com/