The Best One Light Portrait Photography Setup for Beginners #Shorts

I consider this to be the best and most affordable option to creating beautiful portraits in your small home studio.

[alanhollister]

I really like the images. I’m struggling to get results I can be happy with and appreciate your tips. I use a shoot through, I think it’s about 36”, but having trouble keeping light off the background. I’ve tried to mimic your one light set ups as best I can but can’t seem to get it right. How far from the subject should you place the umbrella and how far from the background should the subject be?