Kacie Austin, Old Hollywood and a Fire Twist (PEOPLE 2022)

Successfully capturing the details of fire without additional lighting is a uniquely difficult feat. Flames create bright white highlights and leave deep black shadows in their absence. In this image those lighting qualities were used to create an Old Hollywood feel. Here, our performer is lit entirely by the fire "candle" he is blowing and the lit fire torch he is holding out of frame. Casting beautiful bright highlights across our models sunglasses and moustache these flames draw us in, just as they would watching his show up close in person.

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