Use a GOBO

Let’s get hands-on with creative lighting and discover how to make your own GOBO

Now it’s time to take things a step further and shoot with a modified light. To do this, we’re going to show you how to add impact to a portrait image using a home-made GOBO. GOBO stands for ‘go-between object’, and it’s simply a light modifier that goes between your light source and your subject. It can be a stencil cut to fit into your lighting, or it can be a freestanding object you’ve improvised for the job. A GOBO can block the light, diffuse it, or colour it. In this case we’re going to cut long rectangles in a sheet of card and place it in front of our flashgun (but not directly on the flashgun) to give the illusion that the light is passing through a blind. We’re…

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