This “How To” illustrates the advantages a Litepipe P offers when shooting a professional fashion photo under unusually difficult conditions. The challenge in this case was to achieve ideal lighting of the model in the narrow tram in daylight. The result is a photo with a fifties look, which picks up the warm colours of the wood and emphasises them with glistening reflections.
For ideal light control, the Litepipe P with counter reflectors was placed on the right of the model. The counter reflectors were positioned close together so as to generate a narrow band of light. The reason for choosing this light angle was to gain better control of the light distribution. It was important to prevent unwanted reflections from the windows on the other side striking the walls and reflecting again back on to the model (this would have spoilt the atmosphere of the picture).
To gain more control over the light, and to achieve greater contrast, we recommend working with black cards. Counter reflectors open up many versatile and creative ways of using Litepipe P.
