How to Recreate Hugo Comte’s Studio Lighting - Editorial Techniques for Skin & Highlights
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Hugo Comte’s editorial lighting is cinematic, sleek, and distinctive taking influence from some of the greatest 90's photographers.
Hugo Comte’s editorial lighting approach is known for its cool, balanced skin tones, high-contrast highlights, and a cinematic mood. His ability to shape light for smooth, sculpted faces and refined texture makes his reclaimed style distinct again.
In this breakdown, we examine how light placement, highlight control, and background depth contribute to his visual style. Rather than replicating an exact setup, we explore practical ways to achieve similar results using adaptable lighting techniques
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Here’s what we cover:
Skin Exposure: Learn how to expose for rich, balanced skin tones.
Cool Silver Highlights: Techniques to add reflective highlights for a sleek editorial feel.
Film vs. Digital: Explore the differences between slide film and digital workflows.
Background Lighting: Create depth and atmosphere in your shots.
Gear Breakdown: Working with parabolic lights, modifiers, and the differences between strobe and constant lighting.
This tutorial is designed to inspire your own creativity while providing studio insights into Hugo Comte’s style.
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Fantastic explanation! but @2:40 it's not a hot light, it's profoto pro head with a hard box and red gel on it
@@jppj4067 oh thanks for that! I thought it was Profoto Daylight into HardBox as the light was strong in the video. So you feel it’s Pro but just with modelling light also? Appreciated 🤝
@@easystudiolighting hmmh yeah I think it's a pro head flash since the cord is coming from the back of the head and not the bottom where it's located on the Profoto Daylight... plus you have to insert the head perpendicular to the hardbox as on the video... from what I heard he mostly use flash, but I've never worked with him, I'll ask his former assistant (the one in the video) if I come across him by any chance and let you know!! ahah :) Thanks a lot for you work!! :)
@@jppj4067really appreciated on the detailed response. Thanks!
great Breakdown, would also be interesting to see lighting Breakdowns of the work from Pierre Turtaut, Per Appelgreen and JEAN-PHILIPPE LEBEE
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions!
I could watch these breakdowns all day!
😅 that’s an intense day and thanks for the support.
Please continue making these!! x
I have more on the way, Jack Bridgland next!
@@easystudiolighting 🫶🫶🫶🫶
would love to see how you did the curves you mentioned around 2:25!
@@carlanicolella339 I’m not sure I saved the file unflattened but I can do a curves video in capture1 if it’s useful
@@easystudiolighting that would be so useful. i think a lot of people would love to see videos like that! It seems like you're great at replicating any style.
THANK YOU for your channel. You are amazing. Really inspiring and motivating to shoot.
@@wowitsjaniice thank u for this feedback. I’m glad it’s motivating !
That's amazing and I understood it to the point where I can add elements to make it the way I like! Thank you!
Amazing, super happy to read that. Thanks for watching and commenting.
These are amazing, keep up the great work!
Thanks I am working on more 👨🏻💻📸
Super valuable info! Thanks for sharing your knowledge
thank you for this comment and Im super happy it was useful to you!
Hey! Thank you for your videos, they are really insanely helpful!
That’s really good feedback thanks so much. I have more on the way currently editing a few different ones.
Great work! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the comment, glad you liked it.
Amazing video! +1
Could you please include detailed tutorials on photo editing in future videos? For example, how to edit photos in the style of any photographer using Photoshop. It would be great if you could do that, thank you
I will try and add a bit more about this in the future, tho Lighting is more my knowledge area, but I can think how best to show it.
@@easystudiolighting thank you!
this is brilliant!
thank u for commenting and watching!
thanks!!! so, it's just continous light? never flashes?
nice work !
thank you, I have a new one coming soon also.
Thank you!! Amazing break-down. What software are you using here?
Awesome thanks for the feedback. It’s set-a-light3d
this is top notch info! thanks sir.
Thanks for the comment and feedback. More to come soon!
loved the video !!
Thank you for the feedback 😊
Hello Hugo,
What studio lighting program do you use?
Thanks!
@@bethwhitephotography I’m definitely not Hugo 😅☺️ just a poor imitation of ha. It’s called set-a-light3d. It’s really good, also has a free version.
Bro I love your videos!
Thanks! I have more coming soon.
Thank you for your help ! Do you have any options for this style but with a small budget ? like how to do that in a small budget way ? thx a lot!!!
thats a good question but budget for what like Lights or a small studio etc? lemme kno
@@easystudiolighting for lights :) I would like to reproduce this effect outside (not in a studio), and I have a godox V1 (flash cobra) that I can put wherever I want. If I put it on the same place as the softbox on your video, and I make it softer, do you think it could have the same results ?
@@donerjad if you have a couple of those Godox and use the strong sun as a clip/rim light you could definitely get close feel to this. But Hugo has loads of outdoor shoots you can also reference if that helps
@@easystudiolighting thanks a lot for your advices ! do you know any softbox x2 brand for less than 300 $ but in a good quality ?
Hi! are all lighting constant or some of them we should use as an impulse light? is it possible to recreate similar look using 2 impulse light, 2 constant light and natural light ?) thanks!
Hey sorry, I missed this. You could combine strobe and constant, but its a little trickier to balance. I am making a video on this tho!
Could you do a Gabriel Moses one? Thanks
I think that was requested on TikTok already so I will try in the future.
one top light. Done
@@jakpayne359 lit jaja, but not that easy, not always
@@davidayllon1064 I hope you saw it took me a while but eventually made one
Def reccomend upping your mic Db its very quite!
Thank you for saying this, really useful feedback.
Do you have any preset like Hugo Comte's?
Hi, no I haven’t made presets just focused on teaching lighting atm.
@@easystudiolighting Please, create the presets. You're the first person I've seen talk about this guy and his edits
!!!!
Can you tell me the name of this program? Because I'm not good at English..!
its set-a-light3d
@@easystudiolighting thx! I love your video 🥰
@@Hovvdoudo no problem, have fun experimenting with it!
thanks man