Method

Setup

Camera, light position, and both subjects are fixed to marks on the table. For every frame, the modifier's front face is placed at the same distance from the subject (measured, not eyeballed). The shutter speed, aperture, and ISO are also fixed; flash power is adjusted so the lit area on the subject exposes the same. Ambient is killed — the no-flash frame proves it. The only processing is whitebalancing done with a netreul grea card. I am eyeballing the power and doing nothing post processing to balance it so there is some variation but I keep it as close as possible.

Gear

• Camera: Nikon Z7-II
• Lens: Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD (locked to 35mm)
• Flash: Godox AD 200 Pro
• Trigger: GoDox XPro II
• Light stand: standard
• Backdrop: black, non-reflective
• Modifiers: everything on this site

Measurements

"Distance" is the distance from the modifier's front face to the dot on the table I center the subject on, not the flash head itself. "Power" is the fractional output on the speedlight;