Okay, I wasn't going to enter this challenge, but then I had an idea, so I pulled something out. And here it is.
My enthusiasm was increased by the arrival today of my first off-camera strobe (sans umbrella, which presumably would be arriving shortly). That's my background light. The cool color is the result of white balancing for my incandescent-colored fluorescent lights that I used to light me.
This is a three-light setup: background strobe pointed at the wall, two clip-ons, one on each side, bounced off of reflectors for the foreground. The light on the right was slightly stronger. I should have had a fourth light (or stronger side lights) so that I didn't run straight black in big chunks of the image, but... oh well.
PP mostly involved smoothing out the background a bit, cloning out a light switch, and fixing some weird shadows on my face and fringing on the suit.
I'm not sure why I'm submitting this.
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Thanks for the good score despite the flaws in this photo! I totally agree with all the critical comments and I appreciate them. It's rare for me to have a concept that's better than the execution!
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Nice set up except that the blue should be seamless (there is a distracting area on the left side under his hand. The light behind him seems a bit harsh but overall I think this is good!. 8
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