Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
✨. Today’s shoot is all about capturing hair…but not just any hair, bouncing, lovely super gorgeous hair in motion!
Now there are a couple of things to take into consideration when trying to capture hair in motion and that is what I’ll demonstrate today!
Even though I'll be demonstrating on the Canon R5 with continuous drive mode, the techniques here are still applicable to a wide variety of gear and your camera may have a comparable "high speed" mode, so I urge you to check if it does.
Using a high speed mode is going to let me capture around 8 frames per second which is fantastic for as my model tosses and moves her hair about.
There is however another major point to consider…what about your strobes, how are the going to keep up?
You’ll have to select lights with a fast recycle time and this is where cost consideration comes in. Lesser expensive strobes might not be able to keep up and have fast enough recycle times to properly expose your photos, so if capturing high speed images is something you'd like to do, definitely make sure they can!
Here I’m using the Profoto D2’s which have an extraordinarily fast recycle time and as I shot these images, I just held down the shutter and fired away with every shot correctly exposed! Pretty neat if you ask me. 😆
💡 Lighting:
I’m using a 3 light setup for this hair shoot:
✨ The main light is a Profoto D2 with a Magnum reflector up high, very high. Why you ask? Because it’s going to sculpt both the hair and the fact giving them more dimension.
✨ My second strobe is a Profoto D2 with a Zoom reflector. This is used to fill in the shadows on the face and give the hair a little more glow.
✨ Finally my 3rd strobe is a bare bulb pointed at the backdrop.
A relatively simple setup with some more advanced technical considerations.
👇 Drop a comment below and let know if you’ve tried to capture high speed shots in the studio (hair or anything else) and how your results were! Maybe this is something you’d like to try for the future.
🔥 Also be sure to check out my forthcoming beauty class: https://lindsayadler.photo/beautyclass
📸 Gear Used:
✅ Canon EOS R5: https://prf.hn/l/7oZobqW/
✅ Canon RF 24-105mm: https://prf.hn/l/deZLnJq/
✅ Profoto D2: (discontinued, linking to new D3): https://prf.hn/l/K9ENnmk/
✅ Profoto Magnum Reflector: https://prf.hn/l/KLd9e9L/
✅ Profoto Zoom Reflector: https://prf.hn/l/YLlxoE2/
✅ Profoto Air Remote: https://prf.hn/l/Kz4yPNW/
✅ Avenger D600 boom arm: https://prf.hn/l/EJDBPD2/
✅ Tether Tools Tether Cable: https://prf.hn/l/vwzRaoJ/
✅ Savage Seamless Primary Red backdrop: https://prf.hn/l/OqBg8Xz/
🔥 To learn more about lighting definitely check out my class Master Studio Lighting: invite.lindsayadlerphotography.com/master-studio-lighting
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👉 Instagram: instagram.com/lindsayadler_photo
👉 Facebook: facebook.com/lindsayadlerphotography
👉 Twitter: twitter.com/lindsayadler
👉 Education: learn.lindsayadlerphotography.com
Some of the links in this description contain affiliate links to partners.
✨. Today’s shoot is all about capturing hair…but not just any hair, bouncing, lovely super gorgeous hair in motion!
Now there are a couple of things to take into consideration when trying to capture hair in motion and that is what I’ll demonstrate today!
Even though I'll be demonstrating on the Canon R5 with continuous drive mode, the techniques here are still applicable to a wide variety of gear and your camera may have a comparable "high speed" mode, so I urge you to check if it does.
Using a high speed mode is going to let me capture around 8 frames per second which is fantastic for as my model tosses and moves her hair about.
There is however another major point to consider…what about your strobes, how are the going to keep up?
You’ll have to select lights with a fast recycle time and this is where cost consideration comes in. Lesser expensive strobes might not be able to keep up and have fast enough recycle times to properly expose your photos, so if capturing high speed images is something you'd like to do, definitely make sure they can!
Here I’m using the Profoto D2’s which have an extraordinarily fast recycle time and as I shot these images, I just held down the shutter and fired away with every shot correctly exposed! Pretty neat if you ask me. 😆
💡 Lighting:
I’m using a 3 light setup for this hair shoot:
✨ The main light is a Profoto D2 with a Magnum reflector up high, very high. Why you ask? Because it’s going to sculpt both the hair and the fact giving them more dimension.
✨ My second strobe is a Profoto D2 with a Zoom reflector. This is used to fill in the shadows on the face and give the hair a little more glow.
✨ Finally my 3rd strobe is a bare bulb pointed at the backdrop.
A relatively simple setup with some more advanced technical considerations.
👇 Drop a comment below and let know if you’ve tried to capture high speed shots in the studio (hair or anything else) and how your results were! Maybe this is something you’d like to try for the future.
🔥 Also be sure to check out my forthcoming beauty class: https://lindsayadler.photo/beautyclass
📸 Gear Used:
✅ Canon EOS R5: https://prf.hn/l/7oZobqW/
✅ Canon RF 24-105mm: https://prf.hn/l/deZLnJq/
✅ Profoto D2: (discontinued, linking to new D3): https://prf.hn/l/K9ENnmk/
✅ Profoto Magnum Reflector: https://prf.hn/l/KLd9e9L/
✅ Profoto Zoom Reflector: https://prf.hn/l/YLlxoE2/
✅ Profoto Air Remote: https://prf.hn/l/Kz4yPNW/
✅ Avenger D600 boom arm: https://prf.hn/l/EJDBPD2/
✅ Tether Tools Tether Cable: https://prf.hn/l/vwzRaoJ/
✅ Savage Seamless Primary Red backdrop: https://prf.hn/l/OqBg8Xz/
🔥 To learn more about lighting definitely check out my class Master Studio Lighting: invite.lindsayadlerphotography.com/master-studio-lighting
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👉 Portfolio: lindsayadlerphotography.com
👉 Instagram: instagram.com/lindsayadler_photo
👉 Facebook: facebook.com/lindsayadlerphotography
👉 Twitter: twitter.com/lindsayadler
👉 Education: learn.lindsayadlerphotography.com
Some of the links in this description contain affiliate links to partners.
