The Easiest One-Light Setup for Professional Headshots | Master Your Craft

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So much good info packed in a quick video, epic!

My most favourite tutorial

Very nice explanation and demonstration. Thank you.

Is it okay to use the umbrella without an umbrella diffuser? Love the results and simplicity of this set up. Thank you.

Strange is that I have bigger umbrella, close to subject as you adviced, but my shadows (especially) under the eyes aren't so soft as you have. And two more things. If you "kill" the ambient light with camera settings, you see nothing in your viewfinder (even you have disabled the exposure simulation). Second one. I have the similar height of the light but the shadow on the neck is bigger.

Where’s gavin hoey?

Wow. Thank you very much!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you, Pye (and Kiara)!!! Great tutorial. 👍👍

Where would you place the fill in light if you have one?

excellent video and explanation

So so soooo very helpful and EASY to understand!!!!!!!

Thank you sooo much

VERY NICE HELPFULL THANKS

Would you also use a softbox (either rectangular or circular) for the same kind of effect, instead if an umbrella? Love the tips and also the addition of the reflector!

Please translate your video to Arabic

And if we don’t have umbrella? Will regular softboxes work?

Great, I've got the umbrella I just need a 5 thousand dollar camera 😭

god bless you mr jirsa

Late to the game but I have one comment. With her really dark hair, to get an acceptable headshot you would either need a second light on her hair from above and behind or a reflector bouncing light from the main flash onto her hair from above and to the side or wherever you want it. To me this is not a professional headshot because her hair becomes a huge black blob. Also your preset turned her face far too red.

Love this, thanks Pye. Keep it simple. I especially appreciated the comment about stopping down - it's okay! After all we paid extra for that fast f/1.4 lens. I, too, get caught up in feeling the need to open up. Lo and behold, when I stop down that lens to f/5.6 it's sharp as a tack!

Question - What about adding a small bit of hair light for a kick?

I'd like some videos in which you start with one light, then add another, and another, and so on, to show the possibilities with added lights.

Many thanks for all the videos. Joe.

🎉🎉 amazing and quick a great teacher

superb

Or you can use 2, 3, or 4 lights and get a better photo.

wow! I i used to under estimate the white umbrella

she is very beautiful

You are so awesome that you don't need to use so many B-roll-type under-your-breath aside remarks. Just go with your stellar content. Thank you for all your work.

Hi great tips ... love the easy set up .. is that ok to take chubby face and neck with 28 to 35 mm lense .. I notice if I go above 50 clinet always complain they look fat 😅

What was the light setting ?

Really good tips for pro lighting on a budget! The photo retouching was unnecessary, since the model is superb and same to the photog.

Great results. We also did the same, we use at the 45 degree above the person one light set up with the octa umbrella and with our 24-70 lenses get the best headshot results. We noticed that in some situations, especially when there is not enough room to set up more, 1 light and 1 large umbrella is sufficient enough to do a perfect headshot.

I still don't understand why you don't use the lowest Iso possible. Can you explain that please? Excellent video by the way.

You make it look so simple, and the photo turns out beautiful! There are no highlights blown out on her beautiful face. Which makes me ask how do you avoid highlights being blown on the cheeks or forehead?

Really good video. Thanks

Thank you!

thanks!

Needs a key light

Great

Great video - I learned (go figure). Oh, and Kiara is beautiful. For a landscape film guy, what would you budget for a portable/basic one-light set-up? $300? $500? More?

Enjoyed it!

Thank you!! Super helpful.

That is a €1900 flash. Affordable? 😅

I like your tutorial on the 1 flash set up that's a pricey flash do you suggest a big inner flash and receiver for a Sony a7iii camera , thx much

Great video.

1 light ? XD
Where comes the background light then ? you fooler !!!
Its totally delutional .. Your Title is right but your content is misleading .
Oh its nature light .. if it was a shooting at night then ???

Awesome :)

Great video, thanks

Great tips!