Portrait Beauty Shot | With a Foldable Stripbox

Posted on 1 November 2022 | By Flash

In this episode of ‘How To Create The Shot,’ our marketing manager Anthony Romano and videographer and lighting tech Kimberly Nail used two foldable strip boxes with grids to create a moody beauty portrait. See how they made some stunning shots using a two-light setup.

Foldable Stripbox With Grid

Strip boxes can be used for multiple purposes for hair lighting, and backlighting and are often used as a rim light to separate the subject from the background effectively. They work well for portrait photography.

First Setup:

Today I am going to show a basic portrait, with one Stripbox as the main light. We take several shots with the inside diffuser, without, and with the grid. Anthony shows it all.

Portrait Beauty Shot - With a Foldable Stripbox

Behind the scenes

The next challenge is with two strip boxes, which he will do together with a professional lighting technician Kimberly Nail has a lot of experience with this setup.

Behind the scenes movie

Get inspiration from other top photographers and learn about their setups and process. Take a look behind the scenes.

See the entire course of this photo shoot in the series "How to Create The Shot" by Paul C. Buff Europe.

Demo Images

10″ x 36″ Foldable Stripbox – with inner diffusion fabric
with inner and outer diffusion fabric
with inner and outer diffusion fabric, and grid

Portrait Beauty Shot - With a Foldable Stripbox

Anthony takes thanks so much for watching "How To Create The Shot"

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