great for illuminating cars, motorcycles, and for
providing a narrow swath of light where needed.
When working with dark backgrounds, strip
lights, especially ones fitted with fabric grids,
work best, as you can place one as your main
light coming in from the right or left side at a
45-degree angle to your subject then shoot with
your camera from the opposite direction. This
technique ensures that no spill light from the
strip light appears in the background your lens is
pointed into, so you can record a pure black or
dark background.
Strip lights, rather than 7-inch reflectors with
grids, are sometimes used to illuminate the sub-
ject from behind to create rim light or edge
light. Small strip lights are also great for hair
lighting.
Black on black can be a difficult shot for a photographer. For this
image of Candice, I used two Hensel Integra 500 Pro Plus mono-
lights with medium strip boxes and Lighttools 40-degree grids. One
illuminated the model from the front and the other illuminated her
from the rear. (CAMERA:Canon EOS 5D Mark II fitted with a Canon
85mm f/1.2L USM lens. SETTINGS:85mm effective focal length,^1 / 200
second shutter speed, f/5.6, white balance at 6000K, ISO 100)96 LIGHTING FOR GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAPHY