Creating a Painterly Multi Light Fashion Editorial with 4 lights + scrim

Описание: For today’s photo deconstruction I’m going to take you behind the scenes of a 4 light fashion editorial image using a scrim and bounce light.

My concept for the editorial was to have a model painting on a canvas, and then the photo itself would mirror that, basically an idea reflecting upon itself.

I enjoyed this concept since it was a challenge, as well as something different than I normally do. It gave me the opportunity to build up the scene and lighting in a way that embodied the concept and to make it appear like a painting.

👉 Final image 1:13

There were several things I needed to achieve with my lighting for this. Since this scene required a lot more of the backdrop, I needed a light source that could evenly right everything. I opted for the Westcott Scrim Jim which is an 8x8 foot large sheet of diffusion material that I could light through. To fill in some additional shadows I used a large umbrella with diffusion but instead of directly to the models, it was pointed at the white walls as a bounce light.

The scene still looked a bit flat, so I added two more strobes. One to light the subject’s face with a 5 degree grid and one to act as a rim light.

Finally, a background light with a 20 degree rid to light the hair and profile of the subject on the left.

I also used a haze machine that flared out the light a bit. Something magical happens with the haze machine that blends the colors together, makes them look smoother and thus more painterly. So this is a little trick if you’re trying to do something that looks like a painting. 😆

So as you can see 4 different lights and a bunch going on here, but each light has a specific job.

To see what all of this light did straight out of camera skip to 7:09.

Finally for post processing, I heavily desaturated the image, added a lot of contrast and added blue to the shadows.

👉 Before/after: 8:06

Beyond that, was some retouching such as filling in the gap at the top, removing light stands and some other misc tweaks.

Overall I think we achieved our goal of the photograph looking like a painting and telling a story which was used in an editorial for Faddy Magazine. https://faddymag.com/

What are your thoughts on the end result? Is this a style you’d try — making a photo look like a painting?

👇 Drop a comment below and let me know your thoughts!

⚙️ Camera settings:

✅ 1/200
✅ F4
✅ ISO 250

📸 Gear Used:

✅ Canon EOS R5: https://prf.hn/l/7oZobqW/
✅ Canon RF 24-105: https://prf.hn/l/deZLnJq/
✅ Profoto D2: (discontinued, linking to new D3): https://prf.hn/l/K9ENnmk/
✅ Profoto Large Umbrella: https://prf.hn/l/75BdnNR/
✅ Large Umbrella Diffuser: https://prf.hn/l/Mb91VR8/
✅ 20 Degree Grid: https://prf.hn/l/ngQVpqz/
✅ 5 Degree Grid: https://prf.hn/l/aWPNNYl/
✅ Westcott 8x8 Scrim Jim: https://prf.hn/l/lQdWWYe/
✅ Gravity Backdrops canvas: https://lindsayadler.photo/gravitybac...
✅ V-flat world V-flat: https://prf.hn/l/EJnOwJ0/

🔥 To learn more about lighting, I definitely recommend checking out my class - Master Studio Lighting. In it I teach you all of my knowledge of studio lighting including using a scrim. Learn more at https://lindsayadler.photo/msl

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