Michael is a financial advisor with a very bright future ahead of him and he wanted some portraits to use for business purposes. Portraiture is one of my favourite areas of photography (actually, probably my absolute favourite), so naturally I was more than happy to help him. The first thing I did was ask him what it was he wanted. Michael told me he wanted something very traditional. So I decided to start with one of the most basic portraitures you can do, the 4 point lighting system. Here is the setup: (1) My main light was placed at a 45 degree angle to the camera pointing down. (2) My fill light was placed behind the camera at 2 stops below the main. (3) My hair light was placed at the same side as my main light behind Michael pointing down and metered to match the fill light. (4) My background light was placed behind Michael at about the same f-stop as the fill and hair light. I think I got some nice directional light on Michael with a classic loop lighting pattern on his face. Easy and quick to do with minimal equipment.
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