How to Light Fashion Editorials with Holly McCandless-Desmond | Continuous Lighting Set-Ups

In today’s video, I head to the legendary Rankin Studio to follow fashion photographer and lighting-set-up-extraordinaire, Holly McCandless-Desmond during one of her recent editorial shoots for Yue Qing Wei. Holly also runs us through some of her best tips for shooting with studio lighting, in particular continuous lights. A massive thank you to Holly and the whole team for letting me join them during this shoot. You can find them all and follow them here: Creative Direction & Designer: @ Photographer: @hmdfilm @compulsoryview Art Direction & Production: @sarahmintja Production Assistant: @yianchen313 Set Design: @rafispangs Lighting Assistants: @helenaense @oliverdundas Hair stylist: @itshasansahin Make up Artist: @ Models: @6bl_lb @gabrielchen_ Connect with Me: Instagram: Twitter: ►► Browse my Equipment: Music from Epidemic Sounds: --- (Affiliate disclosure: Using some of the above links to purchase items may result in me earning a small commission at no extra cost to yourself) 00:00 Sophia’s Introduction 1:52 Holly’s Introduction 2:30 Behind the Scenes 2:52 Tethering 3:00 Behind the Scenes 3:32 About the Shoot 4:00 Lighting Alternatives 4:58 Lighting Set-Up 5:15 Working on Music Videos 6:00 Favourite Ways to Use Continuous Lights 6:47 Behind the Scenes 10:09 Final Thoughts 11:01 Photos 11:20 Team Credits
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