White backdrop duo shot lighting setup

[Joe Cage]

Hi,

I need to shoot a duo interview in a photostudio and looking for examples, so I can have a wide shot with both persons in shot and 2 close ups.

The client requested a white backdrop, and need to shoot in portrait (more high end glamour look). Does anyone have any great lighting examples in a studio, as I need to think out a lighting setup.

Or how would you light something like this?

Thanks

 

[Dustin Schmidt]

Variety just did an in studio shoot awhile back on white that you can see here:

They did a wider two shot and then a single on each person.

It's not as high key as you're describing, but all you'd need to do is light up your background significantly more than they are doing and increase your key and fill to taste.

Good breakdown with behind the scenes on their lighting setup is here:

 

[Joe Cage]

Variety just did an in studio shoot awhile back on white that you can see here:

They did a wider two shot and then a single on each person.

It's not as high key as you're describing, but all you'd need to do is light up your background significantly more than they are doing and increase your key and fill to taste.

Good breakdown with behind the scenes on their lighting setup is here:

thanks, looks great. We are shooting portrait though, and need lot's of headroom like more then half, and I only have light stands, so the close up camera's prolly will pick them up. I will try to boom the lights up as high as I can get them and see how that turns out.

 

[Joe Cage]

I wonder if I can get away with just one big Key on the left, and some small fill on the right.

 

[M Harvey]

thanks, looks great. We are shooting portrait though, and need lot's of headroom like more then half, and I only have light stands, so the close up camera's prolly will pick them up. I will try to boom the lights up as high as I can get them and see how that turns out.

If you have a backdrop on light stands, you can sometimes light it with a centrally placed light raised over the back—if you have something with a wide spread (the Litepanels Astra Soft is pretty good for this), and especially if you can tolerate some falloff towards the edges.

Otherwise, two lights from either side on light stands will light the backdrop. You’ll likely want flags for each of those lights to keep spill off the talent.

Then you light your subjects however you wish.