Glamorous Valentine's Day Themed Beauty Shoot

If you follow me on social media you can see that I LOVE to create timely thematic images for the holidays. It's a create opportunity to collaborate with my creative time to make eye catching images that are timely for the season and share worthy!

For this Valentine’s Day themed shoot I’m bringing out all the stops and playing with unusual light modifiers, color grading, filters and more.

For this shoot we decided it would be fun to play around with both reflections and the color pink. I used a Savage Universal Coral background to help reinforce the color theory we were going for and a rose gold piece of plexiglass for the model to lean on, anchoring the scene and also giving us something visually interesting.

💡Lighting

The main light is an optical spot, utilizing the leafs inside to create a tight slice of light on the the model’s face.

The second light is another optical spot, this time being used on the background with a heart gobo projection on the background.

Last but not least I added a bare bulb bouncing into the ceiling to provide fill light since the image was a bit too dark for what I had envisioned with only the 2 lights.

Now that the lighting is where I want it it’s time to play with some more creative elements, in this case using a North Star filter which will create these amazing starburst on the reflective surfaces.

I also played around with Lens Baby Omni in front of the lens to create even more reflections in the image.

🖌️ Post Processing

To tie everything together it’s important to incorporate a unifying color grade. I warmed up a few areas by adjusting the tint, white balance and then added more contrast. Lastly, I played around with the color balance until I found something that I liked.

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⚙️ Camera settings:

✅ 1/200th
✅ F5.6
✅ ISO 400


📸 Gear Used:

✅ Westcott Optical Spot: https://lindsayadler.photo/wcopticalspot (every purchase of the Westcott Optical Spot you'll receive a link to a free 40 minute video showing even more creative techniques!)
✅ Profoto D2: https://adorama.rfvk.net/qvB7y
✅ Canon EOS R5: https://adorama.rfvk.net/JxzdE
✅ Canon 24-105 4.0 https://adorama.rfvk.net/KG0ne
✅ Savage Universal Coral Background: https://adorama.rfvk.net/oeo6be
✅ Tiffen North Star Filter: https://adorama.rfvk.net/0JqqGV
✅ Lens Baby Omni: https://adorama.rfvk.net/NAojO
✅ Savage C-Stand: https://adorama.rfvk.net/J1ZW2
✅ Tether Tools cable: https://adorama.rfvk.net/avr5q

🔥 For more creative setups using the Optical Spot you'll definitely want to check out my lighting recipe guide: https://lindsayadler.photo/opticalguide

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