Lesley
Uploaded: September 28, 2007
The lighting set-up is as follows: Two black "bookends" (bookends are foam core 4x8 foot boards painted black on one side to absorb the light) one either side of Anne, a Profoto flash head in a 2x3 foot Photoflex Softbox above & directly in front of her & a silver reflector just below her chest to reflect the light from the Softbox back into her face. The background was an unlit storm gray seamless paper backdrop. I retouched in Photoshop & used Imagenomic's Portraiture Plug-In set to "Low Key." I'm finding that the best lighting is usually the simplest.
Marta Alvira-Hammond September 28, 2007
This is such a beautiful portrait! Thanks for telling us how it was done! #4858508Khalid Al-Issa October 15, 2007
A beautiful portrait & very good lighting ! #4929020Skyy McKendry October 15, 2007
Thanks, Amanda, Marta & Khalid! I really like the lighting on this too. I hate when a photographer won't tell you his/her "secret" so I'm going to include the lighting setup with every photo I post from now on. #4930658Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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