*Entire image achieved in-camera in a single shot.
This image was a bold play on my part, but it actually paid off.
This shot is actually lit by a projector and (most) projectors use a lightbulb that doesn't sit exactly on the 'white' light of the Kelvin scale.
Instead many projectors produce a slightly green hue and it's actually similar to that of a fluorescent tube. If you've ever had to shoot with fluorescents before then you'll know this colour can be a real pain to balance on the skin, but in this instance, I've decided to use that colour 'impurity' to my advantage.
Here we see the skin tone taking on that slightly green hue in the highlights and I've leaned into the effect with toning by 'warming-up' the final shot with grading.

The red dot is all in-camera and this allows for that absolutely BEAUTIFUL wrap of light around the subject thanks to the projection. This shot was a nod to my anime-inspired roots here and this series looks to portray the subject as a 'character' against a graphic background.

Again, this is yet another example of the power of projectors!!!! I simply wish I had more time to fully explore this under-utilised lighting modifier fully, but I guarantee you that we'll all be seeing more of this style in the years to come.
For now though, I'm very much enjoying the ideas I'm having with this and it's been a fun re-learning process for me. After all, projectors enable any shape, colour or density of light to be a reality in your shot. I'm not overstating it when I say this, but this is really rewriting what we know of lighting modifiers and their potential within photography.

Model: Valencia Germain