Rangefinder - June 2016

KEEP IT SIMPLE and don’t overthink your lighting set up. We often use only one light placed behind the subject to separate him or her from the background.

— NEVER LEAVE YOUR CLIENTS STANDING AROUND while you are messing with your lights. Arrive early to test your lights and bring an assistant that is personable.

— PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. With every session, you grow stronger light-shaping abilities and can impress your client with dramatic, stylized imagery.

— I PREFER GETTING IT RIGHT IN-CAMERA, but sometimes I will leave a snooted B2

in the shot and take it out later in post-production. It is a bit more work, but the most important part of what we do is paint with light. I will never sacrifice perfect lighting angles over a simple fix in post.