Lighting Tutorial: Cinematic Hard Light Portraiture using hard reflectors, a beauty dish & a softbox

In this week’s video I am going to breakdown how I lit this cinematic portrait of Dyren. I’ll cover everything from light placement, to ratios, to fill, to flagging, and freezing action in this lighting tutorial.

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

Camera Gear:
Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.0

Lighting Gear:

Elinchrom ELC 500 Studio Monolight https://amzn.to/2PzMLGP

Mola Rayo https://amzn.to/3i2pUBa

Mola Softlights Setti: https://amzn.to/2ycAzWI

Elinchrom Rotalux Stripbox 35x90cm https://amzn.to/3nUwD3M

Kupo Grip Offset Arm: https://amzn.to/2DlleEz

Manfrotto Variable Friction Magic Arm https://amzn.to/2Vc6Ngz

Manfrotto Spring Clip https://amzn.to/2DjLAH2

This video was shot with a
Canon Cinema EOS C70
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Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM
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Or a

Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L USM Lens
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Long GOP 4k and Canon C-Log2

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