Today I'm going to show you how I created an avant garde beauty look with the Pantone Color of the Year, classic blue. Every year Pantone selects a color of the year. This is color is mean't to be reflective of cultural and artist trends and you'll see it in interior design, graphic design, fashion design -- basically everywhere.
As soon as Pantone announces this color annually I immediately book a shoot featuring the color.
For my first shoot themed around this color I decided to do something very stark and eye catching, so I teamed up with an incredible hair and makeup team to create a look loosely inspired by Chinese porcelain design but with a very creative twist.
For this shoot I chose a 70-200mm lense and a beauty dish centered above my subject while shooting against a grey background. As I was shooting I realized that a white background was needed to really make the image pop off the canvas. So instead of the arduous tasks of dismantling my current steamless and swapping it out for white I just decided to setup a 3x4 softbox behind the subject.
☝️Tip - Move the softbox a little further away from the subject so avoid wrapping and lens flare.
During the process I tried silver and white reflectors to fill in the shadows under the chin but in the end I decided I liked the dimension that shadows were creating.
☝️You have to experiment to see what works best for your image!
Lastly, I applied a number of changes to the raw processing in Capture One. I increased the contrast dramatically, pulled out the reds and yellows to get the porcelain skin look, and after the processing change the shot was basically black, white and blue hues.
Of course to get that perfect skin look there was local dodging and burning, frequency separation and retouching techniques applied.
The end result was created with a simple 2 light setup that in my opinion is a unique play on the theme classic blue.
Now it's YOUR turn! Lets see what you come up with for this theme. Join me in my group on Facebook and share your results!
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⚙️ Gear mentioned in this video:
📷 Canon 5d iv -
🔍 Canon 70-200mm Lens -
💡 Profoto d2 -
💡 Profoto White beauty dish -
💡 Profoto 3x4 softbox -
🔥 If you're totally new to studio lighting or have some experience but feel like you haven't yet mastered it (or perhaps just need a refresher) check out my ultra in-depth class -- Master Studio Lighting:
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