Profoto B10x Painting with Light | Inside Fashion and Beauty Photography with Lindsay Adler

Painting with light is an extraordinarily fun photographic technique… it feels like magic as you actually can ‘brush stroke’ your light into the scene. But what is painting with light? This is when you use a long exposure (usually several seconds) and then use a light source to selectively illuminate your shot. This can be achieved with a flashlight, LED penlight, laser, or even the light from your phone! One of the masters of painting with light is the incredible fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. I am not only in love with his photographic techniques but also the way he selects and styles his beautiful models. This shoot is very much inspired by Roversi, and even though I don’t exactly know how he does his personal beauty techniques, I want to share some fundamentals of painting with light! 1. Eliminate Ambient Light: You need to get rid of any ambient light in the room. Turn off overhead lights, close the window, even turn your laptop away from the subject. Because you will be using