Day 6: Linda

Linda's defining characteristic is that she loves Springsteen, so I wanted some evidence of that in her portrait. The shelf behind her is the shrine that holds part of her collection.
There is a small octobox with the grid on her left, a large white reflector to her right, and a gridded strobe in front and to her right, aimed at her face. The octobox wasn't aimed in her direction at all, just straight across the frame so that the light was feathered across her, then reflected back.  That's the reason the hand holding the glass is over exposed. I also had to apply a gradient filter to reduce the exposure in the foreground. Here it is uncropped, and without the foreground gradient.

If I try this setup again, I'll raise that light higher.