Meet Claire. Claire is a rower and is part of a crew team. Additionally, she is a budding photographer. Claire mentioned that she wasn't happy with the images that she received from the school photographer. To be fair, there is a big difference between mass produced school portraits and custom photo sessions. I am always happy to receive my sons' school photos even though they are of the mass produced type.

For Claire's image I set up my lighting the way I would for a model. This set-up uses four lights. A nice large main light is to camera right with a fill light to camera left. Notice the wonderful catch lights they create in Claire's eyes. To finish out the lighting there are two lights, camera left and right, behind Claire. These two lights create the rim light on her hair, shoulders, and her left arm and separate her from the background.

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