Tough call, I like the 3rd as well but would like to see a looser crop on the 4th. Just my preference.
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Very nice. I would cut down on the hair light a bit, seems to bright.
Looking at the images it looks like you set the hair light directly behind her? Maybe set it higher much like a key light and opposite from it. I really like the looks of dark clothing against a dark backdrop. The challenges I have is knowing what looks right with my own images. It's so easy to look at others and find something to tweek a little. I don't think there's anything wrong with your images just something I would change a bit. Nice shots.Definitely appreciate the feedback, so please don't take my questions as anything counter to that. I think the reason I left the hair light that hot was to provide some separation between my black backdrop and her dark clothing. When I turned the lighting down more (and the other problem was not having a short enough light stand), her clothing started to get lost in the background. The right thing would have been to shoot against a different colored backdrop, but black is all I have right now. In that scenario, would there be another way to still provide some isolation while not over-doing the hair light? If I had moved the hair light more to something like 90 degrees to the side of the subject?
Looking at the images it looks like you set the hair light directly behind her? Maybe set it higher much like a key light and opposite from it. I really like the looks of dark clothing against a dark backdrop. The challenges I have is knowing what looks right with my own images. It's so easy to look at others and find something to tweek a little. I don't think there's anything wrong with your images just something I would change a bit. Nice shots.
Just two speedlights (568s). The back hair light had no modifier, and the main light was through a Westcott RapidBox with beauty dish.
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So one as hair light and one as the main?
It really does not matter what we think though. How does the model like them. Your wife?