[joshman]

sorry to dig up an old post, but i've noticed a few things, that kinda stand out to me, i'm an absolute newb in all things lighting, and have just recently recieved my first strobe.

anyway, the catch lights are the first thing i noticed in your pics...they are a little distracting to me, because they are level or something. i'm not too sure what it is. is it possible to raise the light to camera right up to 45deg from the model's face? and the one at camera left down to 45deg, that might make the catch light look more natural.

i like you last pic, nice even lighting on the model, but i agree with your assessment, it does seem a little light, is there anyway to reduce the amount of light hitting your back drop? somewhere between you last two experiemnts? you could also try throwing some subtle colour onto the back drop maybe?

like i said, i'm a newb.