Two-sided rim lighting with one light

Tuesday 10 January 2023, 20:20 by Elja Trum | 3,261 views | 1 comment

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

You don't always need multiple flashes and expensive equipment. In this video, Gavin Hoey shows you how to create beautiful rim-lit photos with one flash, a softbox and a piece of black paper.

Using Photoshop, Gavin also adds the effect of coloured gels for the rim lighting.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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Donald Willemsen wrote on Sunday 5 February 2023 at 23:10 | reply
Nice tip and easy to implement.
Translated from Dutch.

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