After establishing clean, gelled edge lighting, setup the third and final light for this setup - the key light. With a complimentary gel, setup the key light, leveraging the advantage of a right angle knuckle bracket for unobscured shooting. Iterate through a series of shots, to examine the reasoning behind light placement and posing of the model. Watch how lighting distance and setup angle effect the dimension of the exposure. Compare exposures in the field and continue to hone the setup to learn how to create the gelled edge look.
With some favorites selected, hear photographer Jake Hicks, approach in selecting the best images from a series in the gelled edge style. With a three quarter length shot, examine what Jake is looking for in the model's pose in relationship to the lights. Look for dimensional, contoured images, w...
Transition from the library to development module in Lightroom to hone the color processing. With artificial colors defining skin tone in the gelled style, learn to manipulate color with freedom. Watch photographer, Jake Hicks, manipulate white balance, exposure, curves, hue saturation and lumina...