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This was a job for a store who made their own collection of PVC clothing and the location is next to the shop in a stairwell, which had huge beautiful windows that worked great as the background for this image. Since PVC is such a shiny material, it easily gives strong highlights. To prevent this I just told the model to turn slighty left, right, back and forth. Moving the light also helps. I am standing at the bottom of the stairs, but since I'm so tall I hardly need to use a chair (just about tipping on my toes) to get into the same height as the model. The umbrella is standing just a few feet out of frame. ------------ Nikon D300 Nikkor 18-70 @40mm, f/5.0, 1/250sec, ISO 200. Nikon SB-600 Speedlight on CLS Power unknown, @24mm zoom Editing such as shadows, facial shadows, exposure and tone with photoshop CS5