Working with my modest studio lighting setup today and took this self portrait. Used a single monolight off to one side with a reflector opposite for fill. Was going for a dark, moody, dramatic kind of look. I wanted directional light and don't have grids of any kind so I broke out the cardboard and duck tape to create a vertical slit for the light to pass through. Wanted about half to hit me and half to pass by and hit the reflector. After some lack luster testing I went to the closet and dug out the guitar and a hat which seems to have made the image. The camera was on a tripod using the 12 sec timer so I could start it and get myself posed in the photo. I did have a roll of blue seamless paper as a backdrop but succeeded in losing it to shadow. Just a hint of blue remains back there.
Any comments or suggestions for what I can do better or more for this style of image would be appreciated. Remember to be kind - I am the subject here
Last edited by vector; 10-15-2017 at 08:55 PM.