How to Photograph a Headshot with Butterfly Lighting




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In this lighting tutorial, Patrick teaches you how you can create the classic butterfly or clam shell lighting technique with just two lights.

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42 responses to “How to Photograph a Headshot with Butterfly Lighting”

  1. Hi there. When referring to Medium sized BeautyDish, what size are you talking about? I've tried to google what size is medium sized Beauty Dish, but with no luck. Would it be 55cm or 42cm? How much beauty dish size really matter? Thanks so so so much for an answer!

  2. I have an odd question for you. At any point during this video, did you use a light meter? If yes, which one? If no, that's cool. Did you just keep shooting until you got the shot you wanted? No details needed, but you did you shoot in manual, aperture priority? By the way, the reason for the question is I am debating on getting a light meter. I think I want it just to want it as from what I can tell, no one appears to be shooting with one on a regular. I want it as I hope it will help me replicate certain setups/shots once I get my gear. Thanks in advance for your response.

  3. If you don't want to spend $2000 for Profoto strobes to reduce power simply put a 2 or 3 stop neutral density gel over your old powerful studio strobes. You'll save $1995. You don't need to spend $. As someone once said "light is light", there are many cheaper ways to control your existing strobes.

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