3 One-Light Fashion Setups | Inside Fashion and Beauty Photography with Lindsay Adler

Fashion lighting doesn’t need to be complicated to be striking or high fashion. Furthermore, one light doesn’t mean they are ‘boring’ either. In fact, many of the lighting setups on the covers of the biggest fashion magazines are achieved with a single light.

I’d like to share 3 of my favorite fashion (full length) setups that you can achieve with a single light, and here’s what’s great about it– they all look totally different. They have completely different vibes and could be used for a commercial catalog, dramatic portrait, or fashion editorial.

Even better, my setup uses simple modifiers! Take a large umbrella with diffusion and some v-flats, and that’s all you need! Simple can be better and in fact, some of the most timeless, memorable images in fashion photography have simple lighting!

Interested in learning about other great one-light setups to level up your fashion photography? Check out these guides on 42 West:

• 3 Best One-Light Fashion Setups
• 3 Easy Lighting Setups for the Natural Light Photographer
• What is a Ring Light?

PRODUCTS USED:

• Canon R5
• Canon RF 24-105

  Profoto Large Umbrella with Diffusion

• V-Flat world V-flat
• Profoto D1
• Profoto D2
• Savage Universal Fashion Grey
• Floor Stand
• Savage Universal Beige
• Savage Universal Super White