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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 121526" data-attributes="member: 12827">The single strobe on Treynese (where do they come up with these names???) was slightly to my left and at about a 30 degree downward angle. You can always get a good idea of where the light was by looking at the direction of the shadows under their chin (if you are not balancing them out with a reflector, which I did not do). A 4:1 ratio would be pretty extreme and not recommended for regular photography. Also, especially for women, you should turn their shoulders a little. It is more flattering. I might be getting a little into portraiture 201 here, but when using lighting ratios, you can slim a chubbier face and accentuate a thinner face depending on which side of the face you have the greater light. For someone with a narrower face, lighting the side of the face closest to the camera with the highest ratio, also called broad lighting, helps to give the face the impression of being a little fuller. For someone with a chubbier face, you would light the side of the face away from the camera with the main light, This is called narrow lighting. A technique I really like to use, especially with models and headshots is something called "glamour" ( or butterfly, or even "Paramount" lighting, after the movie studio that initially started using it) lighting. "Glamour Shots" uses this kind of lighting, though badly at times. I am not particularly impressed by the quality of their work; it is too "cookie cutter" for my tastes. It is a very simple set up. You place a single light above the model's head, a couple of feet above and in front, and use a reflector (or a very weak "kicker" light) to fill in the shadows under the chin. The name "butterfly" lighting comes from the fact that it leaves a shadow under the nose which resembles a butterfly. Below is an excellent example of Glamour lighting. I used a single strobe in a softbox and had someone hold a flat reflector under her chin to fill in the shadows. I used a white vignette in this image to kind of draw attention to her, since it is a very high key image. Notice only one catch light in her eyes from the strobe above and how her shoulders are turned just a little bit. Often you will get a reflection in her eyes from the reflector under her chin. I find this kind of distracting, and usually clone it out in Photoshop.  <img src="http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o690/photodotnet/Monicahighkey-1000_zpscdef76c8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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