A journey to Italy

[bingbang]

on a black background : https://plus.google.com/photos/114391137842140117468/albums/5780864930146914945/5975809271583586610​

 

[Austin Greene]

Very well done. I prefer this one to the window photo you posted earlier, if for no reason other than the pose.

I have to ask, can you describe the light setup? I see a softbox camera left, perhaps an umbrella camera right filling in and acting as a hairlight? Another flash for the background, or perhaps just spillover from the fill umbrella?

 

[bingbang]

You are almost right. Here it is :

A softbox camera left (left reflection in the catchlight)
A filling camera axis (center reflection in the catchlight)
A hair light camera right (reflection on top of hair)
A white reflector panel camera right (lightened shadows on her back)
A flash on the dark grey background

 

[Austin Greene]

You are almost right. Here it is :

A softbox camera left (left reflection in the catchlight)
A filling camera axis (center reflection in the catchlight)
A hair light camera right (reflection on top of hair)
A white reflector panel camera right (lightened shadows on her back)
A flash on the dark grey background

Fantastic. Two questions, what are you using for your background? Seamless paper? Muslin? To better facilitate indoor portraits I'm considering picking up a muslin sheet/backdrop stand (my reflector is small enough it limits me to headshots). Also, what do you mean by "camera axis"? Is this on camera flash?

EDIT: Ohhh, you mean like this: http://strobist.blogspot.com/2012/07/on-camera-on-axis-on-budget.html

 

[bingbang]

I am using seamless paper for the background. You need two stands and a bar for that, it is pretty large and heavy. If you go for muslin, make sure that the fabric does not show wrinkles when set up. My experience is that any irregularities on the surface will be almost impossible to hide if the background is dark and lighted. At least try before buying. With a white background, even bed sheets coming out from a drawer would be fine if it is properly lit (I did it once), but it is another story for a dark background (I tried it too with regular cheap fabric and it was a nightmare, you need to iron it).

On camera axis means along the same line that goes from the camera to the subject.