Cool Headshot Lighting References. Web in this video, watch a demonstration of a basic corporate lighting headshot shoot, with a single light and the use of one reflector. Web lighting is the linchpin of photography, especially for headshots, where the right placement can make or break a portrait.

Just because you use the sun as a main light, or in this case, the only light, doesn’t mean that your subject should be in direct light. Sal will help demystify headshot pricing. This first light was chris’s key light and he had attached the softbox over the top to spread the light more evenly.