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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 18771" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>Jen, using a 2x2 foot sheet of foam board or poster board just off to the right would have reflected enough light to fill in the shadows. Also moving the subject out away from the wall would help eliminate the wall shadow. I would also have taken the shot at eye level and would have had the subject look more to the front or have the head turned more toward the camera. That would have relieved the stress look imparted by the eyes. Getting a shot like this without the eyeglass shadow is difficult. You can try to position the head or the main light so that the shadow is directly behind eyeglass frame. In both formal and informal portrait, shooting at eye level almost always gives you a much more pleasing composition. For this picture you should be able to lighten up the shadows and remove the eyeglass shadow in post processing. Also the cropping is a little too tight around the head.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 18771, member: 654"] Jen, using a 2x2 foot sheet of foam board or poster board just off to the right would have reflected enough light to fill in the shadows. Also moving the subject out away from the wall would help eliminate the wall shadow. I would also have taken the shot at eye level and would have had the subject look more to the front or have the head turned more toward the camera. That would have relieved the stress look imparted by the eyes. Getting a shot like this without the eyeglass shadow is difficult. You can try to position the head or the main light so that the shadow is directly behind eyeglass frame. In both formal and informal portrait, shooting at eye level almost always gives you a much more pleasing composition. For this picture you should be able to lighten up the shadows and remove the eyeglass shadow in post processing. Also the cropping is a little too tight around the head. [/QUOTE]

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