Awesome glamour lighting effect with smoke
Some lighting setups are just awesome
And for me, this is one of them. I love this glamorous lighting with smoke. Model Malin has a perfect classical face for these kinds of shots. We never did this light setup before.
a classical looking model in a gala outfit with fur in a beam of glamorous light from above, filled with some smoke
What gear did I use for this glamorous lighting?
As the main light source, I’m using the Westcott Lindsay Adler optical snoot.
The advantage of the optical snoot is that you can focus the light beam and get some real nice, very sharp lighting effects.
I love using it straight on the model or on the background. Or, like you see here, to create some special effects.
The trick, of course, is smoke; otherwise, you don’t see the beam of light.
But also make sure you place the light slightly in front, otherwise the model has to look straight up.
But I think a video will explain this much better 😀
And some more of the final results
These shots were all taken during the workshop “Classical Masters”, where we are making lighting setups used by the old photographers in the analog era. The attendees shot these images as well. Check this link to see the pictures of one of the students of this workshop with glamorous lighting with smoke
Want to visit one of the workshops?
All our workshops are tailor-made. Every workshop has a theme (like this one, “Classical Masters”) and starts with a Q&A where you can ask anything about photography or lighting related to the topic. All your questions will be answered or incorporated into the shoot with the model.
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The workshops are normally in Dutch, but if you let us know a few weeks in advance, we can switch to English.
But of course also 1:1 workshops are possible, in real life and even online.
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Check out some more images we took during this workshop with glamorous lighting with smoke
