We all know that light is very important in photography, in fact photography is often called “painting with light”. Now it’s no secret I think that I love directional lighting, the way you can steer your light is always a big plus for me, I love to put the light exactly where I want it.

Thanks to grids this is very nicely done, put a thick grid on your strobe and you have a very narrow beam, but a thinner grid on and you have a wider beam of light, but you can also use other sources of course.

For example I love to use the ice light from Westcott with the barndoors, this light source makes it possible to really create a very narrow beam of light on my model. Today some samples of this light source from resent shoots.

Props you can of course buy….
But you can also use stuff you already have in your studio.
Think about a carton box or for example a small cart you have in your studio (well ok we have it in our studio), in essence if you’re a little bit creative, everything can function as a prop 😀

 

Did you use something cool and very cheap as a prop?
Post your best shots below.