13. Cosmetics advertising beauty

How do you get that cover girl style shot? In this chapter Karl shows you how to carefully light this sort of cosmetics image and explains what needs to be considered with regards to things such as lighting and posing as he shoots two versions of this classic beauty shot step by step.

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  1. Hi Karl,

    Great tutorial . Would this shot be possible with a dslr camera with max shutter of 200 as you had yours at 500? I’m guessing it would have been a case of increasing aperture and flash power?

    Many thanks
    Craig

    1. Hi Craig, yes absolutely. Remember not to confuse shutter speed with exposure when using flash, in this instance i could have used 1/60th or 1/200th or 1/500th and it wouldn’t make any difference on exposure because I was using studio flash. Please watch the first 15 chapters on studio lighting theory in the ‘Portrait’ section on the course ‘Light Source’ this gives you the solid grounding you need for everything to do with studio flash.

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