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Peter Hurley-ish Look On The Cheap With One Strobe And Reflectors

Jul 23, 2013 by Udi Tirosh 5 Comments

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A while back we shared a portable setup that mimics Peter Hurley’s square lighting setup.

Peter Hurley-ish Look On The Cheap With One Strobe And Reflectors

Now the folks from SLR Lounge created a similar-ish setup using only one studio strobe and 3 5-in-1 reflectors. Pretty cool actually, although not 100% the same thing.

The basic principles are the same as Hurley’s setup – shooting through a square frame of light. Only instead of using 4 kino-flo fixtures, Pye uses an over head strobe as the top light and three reflectors as the remaining three frames. The spill, directionality and intensity of the lights is a bit different, but like any other soft-all-surrounding light the result is very flattering.

Here are some of the resulting images:

squarish light

squarish light

For the full instructions and gear list head over to SLR Lounge’s post.

P.S. It kinda got me thinking that I should combine this with this.

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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