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I have been shooting with Tanya earlier times, but this was the first time we had a good studio to use. The idea was to get as such even shadows under her nose and such and bring out her eyes, therefore a beauty dish as main light, high up and pointing down above camera. The big challenge was not to get overexposed on the monoblocs for the strip light, since I had no stripboxes or even grids available. The silver reflector underneath is just to even out some shadows, altough I think white one could have worked just as good. Some retouching with PS CS5 as removing blemishes, facials scars and so on have been done. Fly away hairs is just simple cloning stamp set to darken. ------------ Nikon D300, f/11 and 1/200 sec Nikkor 18-70 f/3,5-4,5 @70mm Unknow brand on the Monoblocs Reflector (unknown size) 2x @1/2 power. Beauty dish, white inside @1/4 power. Silver reflector dish underneath, just out of picture, held by an assistant. Triggerd by sync cable. [DIY Ring Flash Contest]