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Hi everyone! Been wanting to join for some time so I did now :)

I need help to recreate the lighting in the picture below. How to blend ambient light with flash like that? Also, what light formats did she use and where?

I hope you can help me as im really desperate.

thank you!!

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There is no way to possibly tell how many lights Were used in this scene. Because it's so evenly lit, there are no real shadows or catchlights that you can use for something like this.

My suggestion is to simply add broad lights until you get what you want. Ambient from outside is WAY over exposed so there is some ambient lighting. However there also have to be strobes i this scene as well.

Good Luck

Bob J
 
As above, it's flat, featureless lighting that's completely devoid of any merit, even though the shot itself is quite attractive.

But to answer your specific question about blending ambient light and flash, the lens aperture controls the contribution made by the flash, then experiment with the shutter speed, which controls the contribution made by the ambient light.
 
I'm gonna stick my neck out and say this is available light.

Tough to tell in such a scene but I can't see anything obvious that points to complex lighting.

Plus it's been "vintaged". I like the concept a lot though.
 
i wonder if there is a huge soft-box outside that window, or that the exposure was just cranked up to make the woman properly exposed & the white balance tweaked
 
You can tell by looking at some of the shadows that it's not from available or ambient light. Looking under the small tables, the shadows drop straight down and there is almost no shadow on the right side.

This would indicate multidirectional. Also with ambient light coming from outside, there should be deep shadows all over the place on the (camera's) right. Also, the shadows that are in this shot are very gradual and therefore the lighting is very diffused. finally her eyes are not in shadow which means at least 1 light coming from that direction. You can tell that the area to camera left is brighter and there is some fall-off, however this entire scene is WAY too well lit for just the window light.

There are several light sources all of them were most likely metered to be at or close to the same level as ambient
 
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