HOW to LIGHT like Jack Bridgland

In depth Lighting Tutorial looking at the work of Photographer Jack Bridgland. This tutorial looks at how to create a strong lighting style, using layering as a foundation. We look at working with light as
1. Front Light
2. Front Fill Light
3. Rim Lighting
4. Background Lighting
This should create a strong starting point for learning and adapting your own lighting styles.
We also discuss using Gels for Lighting, Strip Softboxes, Octas, Grids and Lighting Backgrounds in Studio environment.
00:00 Intro
00:35 Layering Light
01:11 Virtual Studio Set-up 01
01:40 Full Set-up
01:45 Front Light OCTA
02:15 Strip Softbox
02:40 Front Fill Light
03:35 Rim Lighting
05:00 Lighting the Background
05:58 Final Version Comparison
06:20 Set up with No Flags or Polyboards
07:16 Compare Virtual Output and Jack Bridgland Image
07:19 Set-up 02
07:30 Flag and Drape Curtain
07:44 Front Octa + Strip Softbox
08:25 Front Fill Lights
08:47 All Front Light Comparison
09:14 Rim Light
10:48 Lighting the Background
11:22 Final Comparison - all lights
11:27 Stages Review
11:37 Compare Virtual Output and Jack Bridgland Image
11:40 Outro
If you have questions let me know in the comments. For more insight take a look at my tiktok channel / polaroid_addict

[@101Lolguides]

YOU SIR ARE A LIFE SAVIOR! Thank you for the content!

[@easystudiolighting]

glad you like it! more on the way

[@chibuzonweze3291]

Learnt a lot from this

[@easystudiolighting]

excellent, glad to hear this!

[@jamesmirfield2149]

this was a great tutorial, i did my own shoot inspired by this and it came out great

[@easystudiolighting]

amazing, thats so good to hear thanks!

[@lvibar]

Great tut. Thanks!

[@easystudiolighting]

appreciated thanks for the comment

[@matheusern8135]

thank you

[@easystudiolighting]

no problem, hope it was useful

[@pdroangelo]

Awesome breakdown. Love your videos!!

[@easystudiolighting]

Thanks, fun one to work on, and glad you like them.

[@guidodowsley2641]

Thanks for the video!

[@easystudiolighting]

Appreciated. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@gerardshorticultureculture7579]

Great break down, thank you!

[@easystudiolighting]

thanks for the feedback, more videos on the way

[@drillhead4657]

been waiting for this

[@easystudiolighting]

Hopefully it was worth it 😅😮‍💨

[@LouisKeller-vp6ii]

Amazing videos!

[@easystudiolighting]

Thanks I really appreciate the feedback

[@TRPHOTO._]

Stepped away from photography for a while and getting back into it. Thank you so much I love to learn new techniques great video

[@easystudiolighting]

That’s rad, welcome back, hopefully you’ll stick around

[@davidayllon1064]

Great video

[@easystudiolighting]

Thanks, really pleased to hear that

[@dollheadfamus]

THANK. YOU.

[@easystudiolighting]

happy to help

[@dominicanfitness5316]

muy bien.

[@skaterlife171]

You goated

[@easystudiolighting]

😅 appreciated.

[@mistif]

Really enjoy your videos ! Going a couple names here :) Daniel Archer, chou mo, Harris Nukem.

[@easystudiolighting]

Thanks! And noted the names for the list. I’ve got so many suggestions but good to have more.

[@re002]

Thanks for another interesting video! Any chance you could go a little into reflection lighting? Not for stills, but how to practically control reflections on glasses and earrings when also lighting the figure. I have read LS&M and know it's an angles game, still have a hard time figuring out how to do it on set, where space is so limited and often you can't squeeze another diffusion panel with a softbox in to cover the angles.

[@easystudiolighting]

Not for stills? So video lighting? It’s so difficult without knowing the particulars of a set or lighting tbh. As you say, it’s often about very tiny angle adjustments.

[@re002]

@@easystudiolighting sorry, I meant to say "not for still life". Just lit a series of portraits where the model wore glasses and would have liked to highlight the brand's logo, but keep the overall lighting on the face. I thought there were maybe some best practices for situations like that.

[@davidayllon1064]

Would love to see how Gabriel Moses lights his scenes, thanks

[@easystudiolighting]

Definitely been requested on TikTok so hopefully in the future 👨🏻‍💻📸

[@justinsmith0018]

Do you post these on SAL community tab? Would love to be able play around with setups you create.

[@easystudiolighting]

No I just create them for the video tutorials atm, really focusing on the learning aspect.

[@jivioxy5914]

Can you do Glen Luchford please

[@easystudiolighting]

Great choice and I hope so in the future!

[@a0camila47]

Thank you! Question, what lighting software is this one?

[@easystudiolighting]

It’s called Set-a-light 3D it’s great

[@ExavierCastro-qd5nc]

Hi love your lighting videos by chance do you have a username on set a light so i can download the lighting diagram? would really appreciate it

[@easystudiolighting]

Thanks ! Happy you like them. I’m not on the Community forum just TikTok and YT for video learning 📸👨🏻‍💻

[@catherineallen8779]

Very nice, very interesting. Good explanation. But who's got that number of lights?

[@easystudiolighting]

That’s not even a lot for some editorial shoots tbh. But I get u.

[@wendyngala9025]

What software is this holy smokes

[@easystudiolighting]

It’s called set-a-light 3D

[@user-um3bc9he9o]

what program are you using?

[@justinsmith0018]

Set.a.light 3d

[@easystudiolighting]

It’s set a light 3D. It’s great.

[@claramartins6063]

makes the photographer David Urbanke

[@easystudiolighting]

Great choice! This was requested on tiktok also so hopefully I can soon

[@NathalieScarlette]

Amazing ! Could we see a breakdown of the Charlotte Knowles collection AW22 shot by Jordan Hemingway? 🫶

[@easystudiolighting]

Thanks for the great suggestion!