I am about back to 100%, so lets take a minute to review a solid lighting strategy that will work for any situation using multiple lights. This example uses 4 but it could be used for 2 or 600 or how many ever lights you want to have.
This setup involved 4 lights. 2 speedlights, 2 strobes. The key light was a strobe with an octagon softbox just over head. The fill light was to the subject’s right and was a rectangular soft box. Both softboxes had grids equipped. The hair light was an open speedlight and there is a back light with a green gel aimed at the back drop.
So, to get this to work, go through each light individually starting with the light that will need to be worked around the most – usually the backlight. For this one, it would be easier to adjust all other lights around the backlight so I started there. Then I turned it off and set up the hair light. Then I turned that off and set the fill light. Finally, I set up the key light and brought them all together.
Obviously, I had a stand in to have it setup before my young subject arrived. You may still need to make an adjustment or two after your subject arrives but a minor adjustment is a lot less time consuming for them then a full light setup after they arrive.