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Let´s be alone… together

Let´s be alone… together

Current information about Corona (Covid-19)The current situation demands special attention and responsibility from all of us for ourselves and our fellow human beings. We at elixxier hope that the global situation will stabilize again soon and that you and your loved ones can get through this difficult time healthy and safely. Our team is still available for you on all channels. We are safe and have taken all precautions to continue developing for you as usual. And we can already…

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8 light setups with beautiful backdrops (+ Download)

8 light setups with beautiful backdrops (+ Download)

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Well, that’s a great present that came in shortly before christmas! We’ve got 8 new lighting setups for you – try them out, play around with them and shoot many great pictures and photos using them! The download is located down below at the end of the article. [box type=”note” ]With newly designed backdrops (backgrounds), our friend Stefan Kohler from RAWexchange.de produced these eight cool setups. Doesn’t matter whether you like it fancy, sexy or chic – everyone is going to find a suitable setup…

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Get creative with set.a.light 3D – an example

Get creative with set.a.light 3D – an example

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A great example on how to easily experiment around and learn with set.a.light 3D! [box type=”note” ]A few days ago Heiko Kanzler, who has been in our interview-series as well, posted an experience from a shooting of his in our Facebook-Community. With Heiko’s approval we took this post to show you guys, how easy it is to develop your own ideas and get creative with set.a.light. Of course, the .set-file is available down there at the end of the article. Have fun ;)[/box] This week I…

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How to Build Your First Lighting Setup

How to Build Your First Lighting Setup

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1. Start with one light Some of you are eager to go and want to start off with a bunch of lights. But I believe this to be an area where less is generally more. So try starting out with just one main light (flash head and modifier). Once you are pleased with the quality of the first results, go ahead and assess if you require an additional secondary light. Turning off your main light, see if a second light…

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Harmonious PORTRAIT LIGHT WITH SPOTLIGHT BACKGROUND

Harmonious PORTRAIT LIGHT WITH SPOTLIGHT BACKGROUND

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Today we start our Setup-Friday which will be a regular feature on this blog. The first setup is for a half body portrait shoot where we used four lights. A beauty dish as the main light, which is head-on, slightly to the felt side of the model, just high enough that you can still get the nice reflections in the eyes of the model. The rear two lights with reflectors on it are directed towards the model, they give her a nice…

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