Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this Photo Deconstruction, I explore an avant-garde beauty look using techniques like shutter drag and precise color grading for maximum impact. We delve into a creative play day where pearl appliques transformed the subject's appearance, highlighting various lighting setups and in-camera methods that shaped this captivating image.
First, what does Avant-garde mean?
"Avant-garde style photography" refers to a type of photography that explores unconventional and innovative approaches to capturing beauty. It often involves experimental techniques, unusual compositions, and artistic interpretations that challenge traditional norms and push boundaries in beauty aesthetics. This style aims to evoke thought, emotion, and a sense of uniqueness in the viewer, often departing from mainstream or conventional beauty photography.
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If you'd like to learn more about creating images like this I highly recommend joining me for an in person workshop. Check out when the next Avant-garde workshop is: 👉 https://lindsayadler.photo/avantworkshop
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0:00 Intro
2:07 Lighting / BTS
7:23 Post Processing
💡Lighting (3)
1. Main Light: Westcott Optical Spot with a dappled gobo, providing irregular light patterns on the subject's face.
2. Fill Light: Bounced bare strobe in the top left corner of the room, providing soft, ambient fill to lift shadows.
3. Background Light:: Profoto D2 with a 20-degree grid, illuminating a Savage Universal Blue Mist background to create a gradient effect and separation from the subject.
🖌 Post Processing
1. Raw Processing: Adjustments made to enhance highlights, shadows, clarity, and color tones directly from the raw file.
2. Color Grading:: Applied a cyan hue to highlights and blue tones to shadows to achieve an analogous cool color scheme.
3. Retouching: Removed imperfections such as skin textures and cleaned up edges of pearl appliques.
4. Fine-tuning: Adjusted eye highlights and shading for balance and emphasis.
👇 Drop a comment below and tell me what are your feelings towards each different technique, and why would you choose one over the other.
📸 Camera Settings:
✅ 1/20th
✅ F/4
✅ ISO 800
📸 Gear:
✅ Canon EOS R5: https://prf.hn/l/7oZobqW/
✅ Canon RF 24-105mm F2.8: https://prf.hn/l/55AEzkR/
✅ Profoto D2: (discontinued, linking to new D3): https://prf.hn/l/K9ENnmk/
✅ Westcott Optical Spot: https://prf.hn/l/G9DRROp/
✅ Profoto 20 Degree Grid: https://prf.hn/l/ngQVpqz/
✅ Savage Universal Blue Mist background: https://prf.hn/l/DLkgDda/
✅ Profoto Air Remote: https://prf.hn/l/Kz4yPNW/
✅ Avenger D600 boom arm: https://prf.hn/l/EJDBPD2/
✅ Savage C-Stand: https://prf.hn/l/kV0wEB3/
✅ Tether Tools TetherBoost Pro 31' USB-C to Micro-B Cable, Orange Right Angle: https://prf.hn/l/6kvRQlz/
🔥 Interested in learning more about these looks check out my lighting guides: learn.lindsayadlerphotography.com/shop
Additional videos featuring shutter drag:
youtube.com/watch?v=xbbxlInOorM
youtube.com/watch?v=ySm_9pkoMvM&t=2s
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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.
In this Photo Deconstruction, I explore an avant-garde beauty look using techniques like shutter drag and precise color grading for maximum impact. We delve into a creative play day where pearl appliques transformed the subject's appearance, highlighting various lighting setups and in-camera methods that shaped this captivating image.
First, what does Avant-garde mean?
"Avant-garde style photography" refers to a type of photography that explores unconventional and innovative approaches to capturing beauty. It often involves experimental techniques, unusual compositions, and artistic interpretations that challenge traditional norms and push boundaries in beauty aesthetics. This style aims to evoke thought, emotion, and a sense of uniqueness in the viewer, often departing from mainstream or conventional beauty photography.
⭐⭐⭐
If you'd like to learn more about creating images like this I highly recommend joining me for an in person workshop. Check out when the next Avant-garde workshop is: 👉 https://lindsayadler.photo/avantworkshop
⭐⭐⭐
0:00 Intro
2:07 Lighting / BTS
7:23 Post Processing
💡Lighting (3)
1. Main Light: Westcott Optical Spot with a dappled gobo, providing irregular light patterns on the subject's face.
2. Fill Light: Bounced bare strobe in the top left corner of the room, providing soft, ambient fill to lift shadows.
3. Background Light:: Profoto D2 with a 20-degree grid, illuminating a Savage Universal Blue Mist background to create a gradient effect and separation from the subject.
🖌 Post Processing
1. Raw Processing: Adjustments made to enhance highlights, shadows, clarity, and color tones directly from the raw file.
2. Color Grading:: Applied a cyan hue to highlights and blue tones to shadows to achieve an analogous cool color scheme.
3. Retouching: Removed imperfections such as skin textures and cleaned up edges of pearl appliques.
4. Fine-tuning: Adjusted eye highlights and shading for balance and emphasis.
👇 Drop a comment below and tell me what are your feelings towards each different technique, and why would you choose one over the other.
📸 Camera Settings:
✅ 1/20th
✅ F/4
✅ ISO 800
📸 Gear:
✅ Canon EOS R5: https://prf.hn/l/7oZobqW/
✅ Canon RF 24-105mm F2.8: https://prf.hn/l/55AEzkR/
✅ Profoto D2: (discontinued, linking to new D3): https://prf.hn/l/K9ENnmk/
✅ Westcott Optical Spot: https://prf.hn/l/G9DRROp/
✅ Profoto 20 Degree Grid: https://prf.hn/l/ngQVpqz/
✅ Savage Universal Blue Mist background: https://prf.hn/l/DLkgDda/
✅ Profoto Air Remote: https://prf.hn/l/Kz4yPNW/
✅ Avenger D600 boom arm: https://prf.hn/l/EJDBPD2/
✅ Savage C-Stand: https://prf.hn/l/kV0wEB3/
✅ Tether Tools TetherBoost Pro 31' USB-C to Micro-B Cable, Orange Right Angle: https://prf.hn/l/6kvRQlz/
🔥 Interested in learning more about these looks check out my lighting guides: learn.lindsayadlerphotography.com/shop
Additional videos featuring shutter drag:
youtube.com/watch?v=xbbxlInOorM
youtube.com/watch?v=ySm_9pkoMvM&t=2s
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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.
