Pat McGrath, make up artist, backstage at Aquascutum

Pat McGrath, Creative Director of Max Factor, chats exclusively to t5m about the pre-show madness and the inspiration behind the Aquascutum look, which this year is based on the iconic Eartha Kitt.

Portrait lighting basics with Tony Corbell

Tony Corbell video tutorial on portrature with one, two, three and four studio lights.

“Once you conquer one light, and once you can create a lot of different looks with one light, you can conquer anything. The more lights we add, after we go past that one-light, it becomes more complex. Everything becomes a little more difficult, and you have to think through how everything might affect each other.” –Tony Corbell

Cinematographer lighting

Video clip of cinematographers talking about lighting.

“There are three things that lighting has to do: it has to provide for sufficient illumination to record the image on film; it has to make up for the difference in contrast between our eye and the film; and it has to enhance the illusion of third dimension in a two-dimensional medium.”