Dollar Store Creative Lighting | Inside Fashion and Beauty with Lindsay Adler

You can get creative with lighting using props from the dollar store! In this video, I’ll show you how I use a combination of hard light, cheap props, and shadows for striking results.
When I make a trip to the local dollar store, I am frequently looking for items I can use to cast unusual patterns on my subject. I look for things like strainers, vases, baskets, translucent platters, you name it! The idea is that the object must allow some light to pass through it in order to potentially cast an intriguing shadow.
The next part of the equation is hard light! For this, you can either use natural light (direct sunlight) or artificial light (studio strobe, speed light, or flashlight). The key is that the light is small and far away from the subject, creating the hardest shadow edges possible. For this video, I use a single strobe (a Profoto D2 with zoom reflector) far away from my subject for very crisp shadows and hard light.
The final ingredient is to bring your prop close to the subject. The closer it is to the subject, the more defined the shadow edges will be!
It's all about experimenting with simple inexpensive tools that are reimagined in a creative way!
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Creative Team:
Photographer: Lindsay Adler
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Video: Samuel Bouret
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Hair: Linh Nguyen
Makeup: Lijha Stewart
Styling: The Cannon Media Group
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