this is an example of that big flat light that a lot of photographers like to use to show gritty drama in the faces of ordinary people. the only real trick to the lighting setup is to make it as close to on-axis as you can.... in this case i did my fake ring flash trick, put the camera in front of my beauty dish for that shadowless feel, and fired away.
the real secret is in the post production. for this one i used lightroom, and made really solid black areas, then turned up the "exposure" knob until it was just shy of losing detail. played with the contrast and brightness until it looks right, and you're done.
by the way, that reminds me of something.... in lightroom, you typically use "exposure" to set your white point, the amount of the picture that is 100% white. then you use "brightness" to adjust the values of your midtones, and "fill light" to control the amount of light in your dark tones. if all you're doing is adjusting the "exposure" slider (like i used to) then you're losing out on over half of the control you could have on your image.
sometimes i think any recent improvements in my photography skills all just have to do with getting better at lightroom.....
setup shot:
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