--- title: Location Lighting Made Easy with Rick Friedman description: Location Lighting Made Easy with Rick Friedman image: https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Friedman.jpg --- ![](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Rosco/Images/page-top-bg.jpeg) [![NewSpectrumlogo](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NewSpectrumlogo.png?width=320&height=150&name=NewSpectrumlogo.png)](https://spectrum.rosco.com) - [Home](https://spectrum.rosco.com/) - [About Spectrum](https://spectrum.rosco.com/rosco-spectrum-featured-products-3?hsLang=en) - [Featured Products](https://spectrum.rosco.com/rosco-spectrum-featured-products?hsLang=en) - [Rosco.com](https://us.rosco.com/en) Home About Spectrum Featured Products Rosco.com ![](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Friedman.jpg) # Location Lighting Made Easy with Rick Friedman We’ve got a brand new kit of light-control materials available for photo and video professionals to use when they venture outside the studio – [The Location Lighting Filter Kit](http://www.rosco.com/filters/locationlightingkit.cfm). The kit was designed by photographer Rick Friedman to represent his “must-have” Rosco materials that he’s relied on during his 30+ years as a photographer. This kit not only has correction & effect color filters, it also has Rick’s favorite [Rosco diffusion – Toughspun](http://www.rosco.com/filters/cinegel.cfm?CategoryID=6#24) – and a piece of [Photofoil](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1008719-REG/rosco_rs10012410_matte_black_photofoil_24.html) blackwrap! [![](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman1.jpg?width=1200&height=692&name=Friedman1.jpg)](http://www.rosco.com/filters/locationlightingkit.cfm) Rick previewed the Location Lighting Filter Kit during one of his [world-famous Location Lighting Workshops](http://www.rickfriedman.com/location-lighting-workshops/) at [B&H Photo](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/)  in New York.  The goal of the two-hour workshop was to demonstrate different portrait lighting setups, while showcasing some of the materials inside the kit. Even though the workshop was held in the controlled confines of [the B&H Classroom](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/EventSpace.jsp), Rick’s presentation showed how easy the techniques he shared could be used anywhere your next photo shoot takes you. [![](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman2.jpg?width=1200&height=459&name=Friedman2.jpg)](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman2.jpg?hsLang=en) [![](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman3.jpg?width=250&height=350&name=Friedman3.jpg)](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman3.jpg?hsLang=en)   Rick’s workshop started with a simple, single-strobe setup and ended with an elaborate lighting setup that included a custom, projected background. His model, [Hillary Marie](http://www.modelmayhem.com/56465), stood in front of a plain white backdrop that Rick turned into an engaging, colorful background using the materials inside the Location Lighting Kit.  In this simple setup he is using a [Dynalite Baja B4 strobe](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1084510-REG/dynalite_b4_400_baja_b4_battery_powered_monolight.html), which is shot through a [Dynalite medium soft box](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/750840-REG/Dynalite_RBSR_2424_Square_Box_from_Rime.html).  On the right side of the model's face is a [Sunbounce Micro-Mini reflector](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/642600-REG/California_Sunbounce_C_1MM_M10_Micro_Mini_Sun_Bounce_Kit.html), while behind her is a [Nissin MG8000 flash](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/889598-REG/Nissin_ndmg8000_n_MG8000_Extreme_Speedlight_for.html) that has a [CalColor](http://www.rosco.com/filters/cinegel.cfm?CategoryID=5#21) #4960 60 Lavender gel on it to create a vibrant-colored hair light around her. The main light in the next setup used the same Dynalite Baja B4 400WS strobe, but with [a 20 degree grid](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/16609-REG/Dynalite_RR_4G_Honeycomb_Grids_Set.html) to narrow the beam.  The front of the strobe was also wrapped in Rosco PhotoFoil in such a way that he could illuminate the model while keeping the light from the strobe from hitting the backdrop. [![](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman4.jpg?width=1200&height=732&name=Friedman4.jpg)](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman4.jpg?hsLang=en) Behind the model's head is a [Nissin Di866 flash ](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/765549-REG/Nissin_ND866MKII_N_Di866_Mark_II_Flash.html)with a [Roscolux](http://www.rosco.com/filters/roscolux.cfm) #74 Night Blue gel, which provided the blue highlights around her hair.  To create the background, Rick cut a custom pattern out of a sheet of PhotoFoil and hung it from a small boom in front of his Nissin MG8000 that was covered in CalColor #4290 90 Blue gel.   The photograph was shot using a [Nikon D800](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1062499-REG/nikon_d_810_digital_slr_body.html) with a [Nikon 105mm macro lens](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/36856-USA/Nikon_1455_Telephoto_105mm_f_2_8_Micro.html) that was connected to his computer with a [TetherTool](https://www.tethertools.com) cable, which allowed him to show the workshop attendees the images that he’d captured. [![](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman5.jpg?width=450&height=669&name=Friedman5.jpg)](https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Friedman5.jpg?hsLang=en) To learn more photography tips from Rick Friedman, and to see more of the images he’s created using the Rosco materials inside the [Location Lighting Filter Kit](http://www.rosco.com/filters/locationlightingkit.cfm), visit his [Tuesday’s Tips PhotoBlog](http://www.rickfriedman.com/blog/). Also make sure you catch one of his [Location Lighting Workshops](http://www.rickfriedman.com/location-lighting-workshops/) the next time he comes to a city near you. In the mean-time, you can watch a condensed, 30-minute version of the workshop Rick held at B&H Photo on their [YouTube Channel](https://youtu.be/lNsBBmJj2BI).   Frank Lambrechts September 15, 2015 [Questions?](mailto:spectrum@rosco.com) [Photography](https://spectrum.rosco.com/tag/photography) ## About Frank Lambrechts ### Related post [How To Compose Smokin’ Photos With Smoke and Color](https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2016/07/smokin-photos-with-smoke-and-color?hsLang=en) [Unearth Two Bold Color Techniques On Your Next Photo Shoot](https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2017/09/unearth-two-bold-color-techniques-on-your-next-photo-shoot?hsLang=en) [In-Your-Face Color For Your Next Photo Shoot](https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2016/12/in-your-face-color-for-photo-shoots?hsLang=en) [Dispelling The Rumors Around Our Spellbinding Image](https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2016/05/dispelling-rumors-about-spellbinding-image?hsLang=en) ### Receive Email Alerts About New Spectrum Blog Posts! ### Categories [Architecture](https://spectrum.rosco.com/tag/architecture) [Dance](https://spectrum.rosco.com/tag/dance) [Entertainment Lighting](https://spectrum.rosco.com/tag/entertainment-lighting) [Film, Television and Broadcast](https://spectrum.rosco.com/tag/film-television-and-broadcast) [Photography](https://spectrum.rosco.com/tag/photography) [Rosco - The Company](https://spectrum.rosco.com/tag/rosco-the-company) [Scenic and Staging](https://spectrum.rosco.com/tag/scenic-and-staging) © 2022 Rosco Spectrum - [Home](https://spectrum.rosco.com/) - [About Spectrum](https://spectrum.rosco.com/rosco-spectrum-featured-products-3?hsLang=en) - [Featured Products](https://spectrum.rosco.com/rosco-spectrum-featured-products?hsLang=en) - [Rosco.com](https://us.rosco.com/en) - ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Frank Lambrechts", "url" : "https://spectrum.rosco.com/author/flambrechts" }, "dateModified" : "2022-11-23T13:59:56.007Z", "datePublished" : "2015-09-15T13:30:32.000Z", "headline" : "Location Lighting Made Easy with Rick Friedman", "image" : [ "https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/Friedman.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://spectrum.rosco.com/index.php/2015/09/location-lighting-made-easy-with-rick-friedman", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://spectrum.rosco.com/hubfs/ROSCO_WAL_H_RGB.png" }, "name" : "Rosco Laboratories" } } ```