Li Gao Photography

View Original

How to light jewelry on model?

Key light on boom arm in loop

Fill light on the opposite angle to key light.

photographed by Li Gao.

the basic concept of lighting jewelry on model is easy, think of it as a beauty portraiture, but with jewelry being the main star of the show. You need are two lights, light 1 acting as key light (pic 1) Light2 acting as fill light positioned 6hours or 3hours ahead of key light (pic 2)

If you want a high contrast dramatic look, key light alone is enough you can see nice shadow (left face, nose, ears, neck opposite of key light source.) if you want a more evenly lit look, simply use fill light to hit shadows.

Thank you for reading. Until next blog!

-xoxo, L