Final experiments

Having tested a lot of darker, more moody lighting set-ups, I decided to try a brighter, soft look. I liked how the images came out and thought the grey background looked best.

Two large reflectors with lights pointed at them, camera through middle. Very soft lighting. F8 = underexposed.

F5.6 = perfect exposure.

Different model means aperture has different effect. F6.3 = better for this model.

Different white balances - Tungsten

F8 = underexposed

Black background. F2.5 = overexposed.

F5 = underexposed

F3.5 = better exposure. Model's left eye and shoulder are out of focus (depth of field)