I’m still working on processing so here is another quick post.
A lot of students out there are doing their preparation for their final exams, so we went with that. A few books, a notepad, a desk light, and a pair of glasses later and we had our session. The easiest part of this session is that no one is ever thrilled to study so serious looks abound. That left posing the hands to get a little variation. Remember, glasses don’t have to stay on your subject’s head and can be held or placed down in front of them.
This was done with 2 lights and a reflector. The key light was a strobe just off to the side and a reflector to fill the shadows. Since we had a lamp on the table, I put a light overhead aimed at the table with a snoot to make the lamp look like it was lighting the table. Of course, it would have helped if I removed the bulbed or turned the light on to complete the effect, but I failed to notice that. That is what this sort of practice is for though – so you can avoid mistakes like that later.