Fresnel spot light create a harsh and direct with deep shadows. You might think it's about the worst thing you can do in terms of lighting a woman's face, but when used properly, these spots of light to create beauty very flattering. Think old Hollywood movies and the beautiful black and white portraits of the time, many of them were completed Fresnel spots.
Items such as used here the use of tungsten (3200 ° K). Although the systems are not always flash the lights modeling very strong point of tungsten, can be seen on the modulation of the light very clearly. I used a lot of tungsten, when I started this business because it was easier for me what I was doing. In addition to that - Tungsten is a lot cheaper!
However, the disadvantages of tungsten are significant. tungsten lights get hot, which makes them difficult to work. There are always a pair of thick gloves around. In addition to the actual production of tungsten lights are sometimes surprisingly small. slow shutter speed required by the setup of tungsten that this one does not allow much movement, the better the model and the camera.
In this configuration, the model is about 10 meters away from the white background. Two tungsten lights (1000 watts each) is designed to illuminate the background as evenly as possible. Both lights were a very pale blue gel attached to them.
The main light, a 2000 watt Arri Fresnel spot is a little to the left of the camera in an angle of about 45 degrees to the model.
Light meter and a model, and background (both readings to the camera) are about the same, no more than 1 / 3 stop difference.
The camera was on a tripod and I used about 150mm zoom and a wide open hole to a depth of field.
