How do I achieve this effect? [portrait studio light]

[ishootppl]

Hi!
Can sameone tell me, how to achieve this effect? Like we have only one spot light and the rest is dark or just a little bit darker? We talk about some basic studio environment: Nanlite, GlareOne, softbox.

How to make this light? Do I need to cutout shape from black bristol board paper and then just cover the lamp with paper? And when I turn on lamp it will be lightning through this? Or there is any other way?

And in this first photo with blue bakcground – Do you think there is a second lamp positioned behind the model, lightning with low intensity? Any tips would be appreciated .

 

[DavidWatts]

You can look up "snoot" as it applies to photographic lighting. Photographic snoots are an add-on to lighting that concentrates the light to one central area. Some will use post editing to simulate the effect, though using a simple snoot is probably far easier.

The similar technique in motion picture and theater lighting (using spotlights or any concentrated lighting rig) adds a dramatic effect, almost always bringing additional light to an actor's face that the audience is supposed to be paying the most attention to.

 

[ishootppl]

Hi! Thank you for your comment, but I can't use professional additional equipment due to budget limit , it's need to be more DIY, but for sure one day I wanna buy snoot.

 

[DavidWatts]

They can attach to a hot-shoe based flash unit. Or one can DIY.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?q=snoot&filters=fct_category%3Aon_flash_light_controls_655

 

[Wilt]

Look at the edge of the light field...it has a somewhat sharp cutoff. So it has to be a kind of 'point source' (small area source) in order to achieve that. Simply put a cutout in front of various sources to see how well or how ill defined a given source will be, and also experiment with various distances between the source and gobo.

 

[Greyswan]

Hi! Thank you for your comment, but I can't use professional additional equipment due to budget limit , it's need to be more DIY, but for sure one day I wanna buy snoot.

If you are ok with using Photoshop, you can blend two exposures and just brush in the areas you want lighter or darker.

Also, don't worry about getting expensive lights, you can use a flashlight with a paper hood shaped as you want as well. Be creative! Light is light, no matter where it comes from.