Studio Portraits with the StellaPro Reflex S

The StellaPro Reflex S from Light and Motion is a powerful lighting tool for your studio portraits. This light can be used both as continuous light and as a flash strobe for your photography.

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Photographer: Sal Cincotta 
Hair & Makeup: Refine Beauty
Model: Shelby

How Sal used the StellaPro Reflex

I found the Reflex to be super lightweight and portable. I loved that it has interchangeable batteries. Another cool feature is the Optics, attachments that act as a grid to help control the light. There are three Optic sizes: wide, medium, and spot. For the final images, we used the wide Optic.

In this photoshoot and behind the scenes video, we use the Reflex as a continuous light source. There are two lights being used. one has a CTO gel and a spot lens on it and the other is daylight balanced and has a wide lens on it to encourage better light fall-off.

The StellaPro Reflex S is an LED light source, so it’s capable of putting out some really good light!

Final image

Settings: f/1.2 @ 1/1,250, ISO 200
Settings: f/1.2 @ 1/1,000, ISO 200
Settings: f/1.2 @ 1/1,000, ISO 200
Settings: f/1.2 @ 1/1,000, ISO 200

This Post Has 3 Comments

  1. Tim

    Say Sal, love your work.
    I have to ask, have you tried the flash “pop” feature of the Reflex lite?

  2. Felix de Vega

    Love the sunset effect in the first image, I need to try that setup, it looks beautiful

  3. Syndee

    Superb lighting and beautiful images, kuddos to the entire team.

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