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Tutorial: The perfect hard light set up for studio portraits

A tutorial on how to create the perfect one light setup for hard lighting. This post contains portraits, behind the scenes photos and a walkthrough of the kit and the settings I use to achieve great results.

I first used this set up when working as an assistant back in the 90’s. It was a common way to do castings, a simple white wall and bare head positioned above the model would provide a consistent way to showcase the talent.

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