Lisa in High Key

[RussHeath]

Originally Posted by Benji

Russ,

Yes I believe it would, but hard lights are not very kind to the faces of women over the age of about 25. Every wrinkle, blemish, bump and large pore shows up quite distinctly, something all women abhor regradless of age!!! I may try your idea on some one younger however, and possibly tomorrow.

Benji

I was more thinking that if you could arrange the lights to illuminate her face and torso separately, you could use a hard light for the torso and a soft one for the face. Again, the aiming may be so time consuming as leave your subject uncomfortable . . .

I can definitely see your point that hitting a face with a hard light just for the shadow would probably not be the greatest tradeoff in terms of selling the picture! Something tells me that most women will be a little more concerned with how their face looks than the quality of separation from the background.

If you get to do a variation on this tomorrow I hope you'll post back and show us.