Photography 180 | Ep 6 | The Effect of Adding a Second Light

In this week's episode, I'll show you the effects of adding a second light to your portraits in-studio, either as a Rim/Hair light or as a background light.

It is important for photographers, especially when first starting out, to focus their energy on mastering the skills that will build a foundation for everything that is to come. So before you think about using 2, 3 or even 4+ lights in your work, concentrate on getting comfortable with just one light and put more attention in to learning how to interact with and direct your subjects. Perfect lighting can never overcome an awkward pose or expression or a lack of flow to your session. There are no shortcuts in this game...one day at a time.

In this brief walk-through, I'd like to simply show you how adding that second light to your work can create a different look depending on how it's used. Over time, as your work progresses, as you book more jobs and have saved some money, you can consider purchasing a 3rd light to further diversify the looks that you can create during a session. Possibilities are endless for sure. I understand that in this video we are using a black savage seamless background so the darkness of the background is a bit more extreme than if we were shooting with lighter backdrops or even utilizing natural backgrounds. But just let this serve as an example with less distractions.

I hope this episode is helpful. As always, please let me know if you have any questions about this topic or this episode.

Also, if you are struggling with anything in particular, feel free to let me know in the comments and I will certainly consider dedicating an episode to that topic.

Thanks for checking out this episode of Photography 180 and be sure to subscribe to the channel so that you can tune in to future episodes.

See you all next week!

0:00 Episode Intro
0:23 Word of Advice
0:59 Using only the key light
1:32 Adding 2nd light as Rim/Hair light
2:10 Adding 2nd light as Background light
3:00 Final images

Website: https://www.jesserinka.photography
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The Gear We Use:

Cameras:
Sony A7IV - https://urlis.net/25ck6a67 - Used to film this episode
Sony A9ii - https://urlis.net/pjg38vfd
Sony A9

Lenses:
Sigma 14-24mm 2.8 Art - https://adorama.rfvk.net/9Wd0yQ
Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 Art - https://adorama.rfvk.net/Xx972M
Sony 28mm f/2 - https://adorama.evyy.net/NbWr2
Sigma 35mm 1.8 Art - https://adorama.rfvk.net/VyD72k
Sony 55mm 1.8 - https://adorama.evyy.net/Nmagq
Sony 85mm 1.8 - https://adorama.evyy.net/XN56a
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Art - https://www.adorama.com/sg10528soe.html
Sigma 135mm 1.8 Art - https://adorama.rfvk.net/5b0o1D

Lighting:
Flashpoint R2 Pro Trigger - https://adorama.rfvk.net/qeNzY
Flashpoint Zoom Li-On Speedlight - https://adorama.rfvk.net/2r0ZVG
Flashpoint Xplor 600 - https://adorama.rfvk.net/Ryd7Ky
Flashpoint Xplor 400 Pro - https://adorama.rfvk.net/NKy7XN
Flashpoint EVOLV 200 - https://adorama.evyy.net/EeAMn
Flashpoint EVOLV 100 - https://adorama.rfvk.net/7m0zdO
Glow EZ-Lock 34" Beauty Dish - https://adorama.rfvk.net/15PjKx
Glow EZ-Lock 48" Deep Parabolic - https://adorama.rfvk.net/3PPAWd
GVM 1200D Bi-Color RGB LED - https://adorama.rfvk.net/Y9DKDq
Aputure Amaran 100x Bi-Color LED - https://adorama.rfvk.net/B09DQ4
Avenger 40" C-Stand with Boom Arm - https://adorama.rfvk.net/6e1BK3
V-Flat World Set of 2 - https://adorama.rfvk.net/R5o4jy