my b.g.d slept over last night and so it was a perfect opportunity to force ask her to pose for me, while I tried out some lighting techniques.
She’s a HUGE ham at 11yrs old – and was a major jumping bean, but I managed to nail the shot below – on a really simple lighting setup, that I’m hoping to continue using for my headshot portfolio.

Canon 50D | Canon EFS 17-55mm f2.8 lens | f5.6 | iso 100 | 1/125
speedlight in softbox behind subject @ full power + speedlight in a shoot thru umbrella 45 degrees in front of subject