Fashion Editorial

<p>Hi, I wanted to know if someone could help me answering a couple of questions about this lighting. This is your traditional editorial lighting for studio fashion. Now my question is, is this 1 huge light , high above her? and is this a gray or white background?<br>

Anyone help?<br>

<a href="http://www.designscene.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Coco-Rocha-for-Harpers-Bazaar-Russia-DesignSceneNet-01.jpg">Link</a></p>

<p>Misleadingly simple lighting (recently attended a Broncolor demonstration so saw firsthand how things were set up).</p>

<p>Yes, one big (very big, nowadays big parabolic reflectors like as eg the Briese 330 Focus, Broncolor Para) lightsource from the (in the pictures you posted) high right very carefully placed to get the optimal result of evenly lighting the main subject (as Bron calls it, the '3D Effect').<br>

Sometimes with a fill from the front (although the 'spill' from the aforementioned types of lightsources also/already do a decent job in that respect) to lighten up the shadows.</p>

<p>White background, with blocking screens to create darker (and consequently grey) zones.</p>

<p>Yep, looks like one big light source to me, too. The shadows seem to indicate the height of the light sources, but the models are lit evenly from head to foot, so placement was made carefully. The light in the left photo might be higher. Something I like about the large parabolic umbrellas is that they seem to maintain better quality light at farther distances than an equivalent softbox. That can help reduce light falloff if the model needs to be stretched out toward the light.</p>

<p>You can always tell the color of the back ground where the main light hits at the same plane of the subject. In this case you can see by the feet it is white. Also the light source has a soft and hard quality so it is both large and has a silver material.</p>