Mola Setti
For those interested, here is the lighting setup for my first shoot using the Mola Setti beauty dish. I love the lighting it gives and prefer it over my Kacey beauty dish because it gives so much more light. My only complaint is that it’s so heavy to carry around with the Vagabond pack, but luckily I have Vic to help me out!
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Hi Emily!
I really like the lighting and post processing of this one. The brownish look fits the environment perfectly! The only thing bothering me a little is the cut off heel on her left foot. But great shot nonetheless!
Best wishes
Marco
Hi Marco! Thanks for the comment, yes the ground was so soft it was almost impossible for the heel to not sink into it! You are the first one who to have mentioned it but it definately was bothering me too during the shoot!
Thanks for the comment Marco! Yes it was so hard keeping her from sinking into the sand, surprisingly youre the only one who has mentioned it! Good eye
Thanks for checking out the blog!
Hi Emily,
First of all, congratulations for your work which is brilliant ! the choice of locations and models and just fabulous.
I have a question regarding the above picture : what are camera’s setting and what was your tips for post-processing ?
Cheers
Yann D.
Thank you for the comment Yann! I am always adjusting my settings depending on changes in lighting and I use Lightroom and Photoshop for post-processing. I’ll try to write a blog post on it later!
Very nice work. keep it up.
Wow! Stunning. Love your use of lighting. I’ve never used that type of beauty dish.
Thanks Todd! I love the mola setti, amazing lighting!
Breath-taking! Stunning. I could go on and on….. but you get my point. I’m totally overwhelmed with your work. Best I’ve seen!
Have been on the fence about the Setti vs. the Kacey dish (simply due to cost). However, your comments have just pushed me over the edge.
Thank you for putting beautiful works. Love you for inspired me. After saw you on YouTube, I went out and bought a NIKON D7000. My dream is to able to captured beautiful pictures like you.
olá, lindas suas fotos gostei muito vô me inspirar nelas ,estão muito indas …
I love your work. You are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for putting up lighting information. If you ever need an assistant please don’t hesitate to contact me, I live in SD. Anything you need, I’ll do just to learn.
I’m an art photographer and regard you work amongst the best. I love what you are doing with those ford models, editing, and your BD. I’ll be back to see your work every few months for an enjoyable art fix. Thanks for sharing
how big is the mola dish you use?? stunning work btw!
title of the page says mola setti, which i believe the setti is 28″
love your work emily
have you tried the vagabond mini? it will for sure give vic a break!
Yes I use the vagabond mini now
great, he gotta love you now more!!!
Thanks for these diagrams! These are very helpful!
BEAUTIFUL shot emily and thank you for sharing your lighting set up!! i’m just beginning to use strobes outside and i wondered how you balanced your light (do you use a light meter?) and where should the hot spot of the beauty dish hit the model? thank you for your time, again STUNNING work!
Hi Emily, big fan of your work, can u post some post processing tutorials? i really liked to learn from you.
Hey Emily,
grt work as always…wanted 2 quicky ask you….u use a PW mini on top of camera and Flex on beauty dish..as u shoot normally wide open so which ND filter do u use…as your images are sharp…
I have used Lee graduated .3,.6.9 filters but..images come soft….so was wondering with 85mm 1.2 which ND filter do u use ?
PLz help…
Hi Emily,
I am in the middle transition from flash light to strobe.I found using 3 Canon 580EXII group together shoot through 80cm softbox isn’t enough on outdoor shoot as like above situation.Please advice which strobe you use on above shoot?Probably the guide number or power rating of the strobe infomation will be helpfull.
Thanks & regards,
Ronnie
Hi Emily, any plan to come to Italy for a workshop??
I have something in the works
Hello There… First of all great work.. What lens and settings did unuse to achieve this shot?
Hi Emily , not sure u will reply me or not, i love your art work and been following ur work for sometime, i too love to use beauty dish to shoot, but i have not experience with mola yet , indeed the light looks great.. my questions for u is, how do you measure lights in your workflow? light meter? in camera metering? thanks a bunch, keep up the great art work going~~ love- from malaysia