How to Create 3 Different Beauty Lighting Setups Using V-Flats

One of my favorite tools to use in the studio are v-flats, I find their versatility to be endless and are an essential part of my photography. They help control light, bounce light, block light — not many other photography modifiers can boast that! In this video I’ll show you three beauty lighting setups that use v-flats and how simple tweaks can dramatically vary the results. I use a single modifier (Large Umbrella diffusion), 1 or 2 strobes, and V-flats. By purposefully varying the placement/use of each element I am able to create several different beauty looks in a matter of minutes. The cool thing about the v-flats () I’m using is that they are collapsible, something that I previously was unable to do, resulting in very large and cumbersome pieces of foam core in the studio. Setup 1: Golden skin tones with V-flats as fill Setup 2: Dramatic beauty with V-flats as negative fill Setup 3: Glowing beauty within a V-flat So what did you th