Photo Shoot

Originally, I had planned to use two soft boxes, one from the lower right and one from the higher left diagonals, as seen below.


































However, after consulting with my lighting technician, I decided that I should use a different layout, that would allow me to fully light my model, and give them 'starry eyes' [due to the link with being an actress]. To do this, I set up the two soft boxes directly in front of the model, where the camera would be, one high and one lower. I then placed the camera in between the two lights during shooting.

Initially, my technician set the two soft boxes at the same power, creating this image:

I decided that this image was slightly too bright and looked too clinical, I then turned the power down slightly on the bottom soft box, to create this image:

I felt that this lighting suited the model's skin tone far better, and the slight shadowing created a more sensual, dark mood, that with editing, could be enhanced greatly.

I began shooting and these are my images:

 In order to try and get the model to create a natural pose, I would say roughly what I wanted, then tell her to look at the floor, then when I say, for her to look up, meaning that the pose remains natural. I feel that this worked and the images do not look too posed and have a 'film star-esque' feeling.