Rikke is a journalist. This shot was taken for her profile on one of the websites she works for. It's actually a reject - the ones that got through the editorial sieve made her look far more friendly and approachable. This one was for me :)

Technical Info

The scene was lit with continuous lights that we use for video production. The Key light is a Kino Flo 400 placed camera left. The edge highlight is a Photon Beard Highlighter 110 placed to the left of, and behind, Rikke, and the backdrop is lit with an Arri Fresnel 300 spot.

The Kino and Photon Beard are both great to work with - they're flourescent tubes that are naturally diffused and give off a lovely light. The Arri is a tungsten bulb that runs at a different colour temperature, which is why you can see some strange reddy/blue casting on the backdrop. The wall it was shot against is actually a light grey ... I like the way the Arri turns it into that blue colour when it's picked up by the camera sensor.

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