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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 118598" data-attributes="member: 12827">These are very good Rick. I like the vignette, it helps to draw the viewer into the main subject. The hair light is ok, perhaps just a little tiny bit weak. I usually strive for about 1/2 stop above the key light exposure It is really important to have a good hair light against a dark background to get good separation.&nbsp;&nbsp; One thing to remember when you have subjects which are more than one subject deep, that if you meter on the front subject, light will diminish according to the inverse sqare law so you may have to &quot;dodge&quot; the back subject to make sure the exposure is even on both of them.<img src="http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o690/photodotnet/portrait3_zpscf755a5e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Next time try varying your lighting ratio. Halve (minus 1 stop) the light on one of the main lights to make it the fill light. Use the exposure for the other one (the &quot;key&quot; light) to determine your exposure. Doing this will give some modeling to the subjects so the light is not flat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 118598, member: 12827"] These are very good Rick. I like the vignette, it helps to draw the viewer into the main subject. The hair light is ok, perhaps just a little tiny bit weak. I usually strive for about 1/2 stop above the key light exposure It is really important to have a good hair light against a dark background to get good separation. One thing to remember when you have subjects which are more than one subject deep, that if you meter on the front subject, light will diminish according to the inverse sqare law so you may have to "dodge" the back subject to make sure the exposure is even on both of them. [IMG]http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o690/photodotnet/portrait3_zpscf755a5e.jpg[/IMG] Next time try varying your lighting ratio. Halve (minus 1 stop) the light on one of the main lights to make it the fill light. Use the exposure for the other one (the "key" light) to determine your exposure. Doing this will give some modeling to the subjects so the light is not flat. [/QUOTE]

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