Overhead view. Drag the key light around your subject to try another style.
See the setup. Understand the shot.
Explore lighting across photography genres. Choose a style and setup; the storyboard, studio controls, and Smart Setup Coach stay in sync.
Select a genre to explore its lighting setup.
01 / LIGHT PLACEMENT
02 / LIGHTING CHARACTER PREVIEW
Storyboard illustrations demonstrate lighting direction and contrast conceptually, not physically accurate light simulation or photographic examples. The original bodyscape reference guides remain available below.
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View your original storyboard reference
Precision lighting controls
Fine-tune your setup and see a live conceptual light-and-shadow preview. Original V7 controls and interactive diagrams remain available.
Illustrative lighting model, not a physically accurate photo or a replacement for metering.
Build a lighting plan
Choose your shoot and mood to generate an actionable setup with positions, modifiers, flash starting points and troubleshooting.
Creative lighting library
Select a recipe to see a practical shot concept.
Save, export and share
Save your V8 fine-tuning and coach preferences on this device, or export them as a portable JSON file. Existing V7 saved setups and share codes are unchanged.
What are you photographing?
Lighting style
Your gear
Starting settings
Set it up
Your test shot is your light meter. Face too bright? Drop flash power one stop (1/8 to 1/16). Too dark? Go up one stop.
Light meter helper
Why it works
Your example photos
Add your own shots for the selected style. They replace the reference photos and stay on this device. Add a flat-light shot too and you get a before/after slider.
Compare looks
Match your gear
Fix a problem
Saved setups
Previews are lit renders of a plaster bust, not photographs. Power estimates assume 200 Ws at 1.5 m, f/5.6, ISO 100 and scale with distance. Confirm with a meter or test shot, and never fire flash close to eyes.