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Originally Posted by alive1
It seems as though you would have considerable fall off by the time the light would strike the floor but your photo's don't show any. Do you assist the background lighting with other strobes?
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Alive1,
The only "additional" lighting I use is to feather the main light forward. That way the umbra of the main light strikes the floor ahead of the subject and lightens the shadow cast by the background lights. If it is slightly grey (as it is sometimes) I dodge it a little in Photoshop.
One thing I didn't mention above is that I nearly always pose the subject so the shadow side of their face is on the left side of my camera room. The left side is the side I painted black. If I think I'm going to get a dark shadow in front of the subject (because the subject is dressed in dark clothing, has numerous props, or is a large subject, all of which block the background light) I will then raise the black paper on the right wall which will allow the light to bounce off of it (because it is white behind the paper) and assist the main light in filling in the shadows on the floor.
Benji