Karolina Arctic

Model: Karolina Bil
Stylist: Ashleigh Harris
Makeup: Wes Grant
Assistants: Max Patnell, Mitch Heyward

4 Stobe setup. 2 pointing at Karolina from behind on each side. The one on camera right had more power to create some flare. A 2m softbox camera left at 40°, raised up and pointed slightly down. A large reflector camera right for a little fill. The last strobe was used to light the cloud backdrop on camera right. A fog machine was used to create some haze.

The snow was from SnowBusiness. We had to find a way to get the snow to fall evenly. We used two 2.5m foam core boards and cut them so that they looked like window frames. Then sandwiched them together with chicken wire between them. The snow was piled on top and the boards held in place by supergrips and light stands above Karolina. Shaking the light stands caused the snow to fall through the gaps in the chicken wire. A more vigorous shake gave us a blizzard.

Shot some images of just the snow falling at different distances with all the lights firing. These were used in the composite to add more depth.