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1x Light Blaster by Spiffy on LED continuous light emitters1x translucent umbella on 100Ws monoblock1x black, light-absorbing background
Setup
The idea for this picture was to draw a kind of height map on the model’s face with shadow stripes. It presented a few challenges. In principle, four things can be used the create the projection:
slide projectorvideo projectorLight BlasterGobo projector
We opted for the Light Blaster because it fitted our LED lights with their studio adapter. Since this is a pure black and white gobo—that is, a template that either blocks light or not—you can really use just about anything. The important thing to remember here is that your light sources will not be emitting lots of light. You will need to work with high ISO numbers and fast lenses
The individual light sources
Downloads
For the pictures in the article, we used the light simulation Set.A.Light 3D. You can download the lighting setup and try everything for yourself. If you’ve never worked with Set.a.Light before, you should give it a try! There is also a free demo version on the website, which you can use to open our set
