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The Wounded Soldier – A Lighting Walk-through

Aug 15, 2013 by Udi Tirosh 2 Comments

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The Wounded Soldier - A Lighting Walk-through

Hi, this is Lauri Laukkanen of SLR Lounge. Today, we will take a behind-the-scenes look at the lighting setups, equipment and camera settings that I used while creating this three part, WW2 inspired, conceptual photography series. For the full shoot and post production video tutorial, exercise files, click here ($19).

Photograph #1

The Wounded Soldier - A Lighting Walk-through

Lighting: I wanted this first photograph to look and feel very dramatic and dark. I started off by positioning my main-light on the camera right, up high, pointed down at a 45° angle. I feathered the light away from my models face, in order to add a bit of fill light in the shadows. Then I continued by lighting up the dark cave behind the model: I placed a strobe behind him, and used a large black reflector as a flag, in order to block the light from spilling on the models face. And then finally I noticed that I needed a bit of extra light on the right side of my model, so I placed a speedlight on the ground, pointed upwards, in order to get some more fill light in the dark shadows of the cave.

The Wounded Soldier - A Lighting Walk-through

Camera Settings: Shutter speed: 1/160, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 100

Photograph #2

The Wounded Soldier - A Lighting Walk-through

Lighting: The second lighting setup was almost identical to the first one – the only difference was the fact that I changed the angle from which I was shooting, and moved the main-light to the other side of my subject

The Wounded Soldier - A Lighting Walk-through

Camera Settings: Shutter speed: 1/160, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 100

Photograph #3

The Wounded Soldier - A Lighting Walk-through

Lighting: And then finally for the third photo, I decided to go with a very simple lighting setup: only one light, coming down from up high, mimicking the sunlight. I feathered the light a tiny bit, in order to fill in some of the shadows on the models face

The Wounded Soldier - A Lighting Walk-through

Camera Settings: Shutter speed: 1/160,Aperture: f/3.2, ISO: 100

Equipment

Because this shoot was organized in a cave, in the middle of a forest, I knew I’d need to rent out a pair of Elinchrome Ranger Quadra’s in order to light the scene. And in addition to the Quadra’s I used a YuongNuo 560 speedlight to fill in some dark shadows in the cave.

I used the Canon 5D MkII and my trusty Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens for this series. And finally, I of course shot all these images in RAW, as I knew I would be editing them quite a lot, both in Lightroom and in Photoshop.

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Purchase Info

For more information on creating these images, including the shooting tutorial, post production tutorial, and planning and brainstorming process, check out the SLR Lounge Store ($19).

About The Author

Lauri Laukkanen, is an editorial and commercial photographer, specializing in creative portraiture, fashion and sports photography. People usually describe his style as cinematic, creative and sometimes a tiny bit crazy. He was recently awarded with the WDP 2012: Photographer of the Year -award, and his work has been featured all around the internet, including 1x.com, Vogue etc. View his portfolio here.

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