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[Rocco]

My beautiful wife :-)

Two Gridded Strip Boxes in Clamshell formation
1 Kicker camera right and behind with 45 degree reflector

Mark,
Can you explain about what you meant about the kicker light with the reflector? I'm having a hard time visualizing that one.

[Mark Elberson]

Mark,
Can you explain about what you meant about the kicker light with the reflector? I'm having a hard time visualizing that one.

Sure thing. A kicker light is just another name for a rim light or an accent light. I used it to light her hair and add a highlight to her face. Without it her head would completely fade into the background (tonal merger). There's nothing wrong with that, but it was not the look I desired. I was using monolights and reflectors are just basic modifiers that restrict the light to a specified angle of view (like zooming on a speedlight).