With today's cameras and the amazing technology crammed into them, is it still necessary for a handheld light meter? Or are we just a bit too "Old School" for modern day technology?

Nothing sets of rich metalic colours and glamorous highlights like an African skin and in this shot with Melissa Marangoh from G3 Models we asked the Make-up specialist, Cicilia Kaufmann (CKMakeup) to go bold!

The metalic blues worked very well on the skin and was perfect for an offset to the coppery red and gold of the model's skin, the faux red leather background and the head dress.

Coloured lighting with gels works extremely well with darker skinned and African models. In this lighting setup, we mix blue gel and a warmer tone studio flash into a single shot to create some creative fashion portraits

African skin is absolutely awesome for shooting sculpted, high contrast light setups. For this shoot Luba used Cicilia Kaufmann to make up model Boitumelo Lefatola and prepare her skin for the high contrast light.

When all is said and done, what light modifier should I use for a specific look for a specific shoot? I believe there is no such a thing as the "only light" but I do believe there is a "right light" for a specific look, and there are different ways to get that light.