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How Was This Lit?

At this point in my photography the biggest thing I'm trying to get a grip of is how to get varied looks and dissecting shots trying to figure out how they're lit.

I really like the look of this, how do you think this was lit? I got as far as thinking of a beauty dish camera right, but what else is going on here ya think? Seems like a lot of sources were used.

It also seems as though she's standing realllly far out from the background, I think I can see the curve of the floor of the seamless around thigh height, and she's looking more or less straight or even down a bit.

Feel free to get into post-processing too, but I'm mainly trying to figure out the lighting.

Photo: Tane Coffin
Model: Taylah Roberts
Makeup: Joel Phillips
Stylist: Nicole Adolphe

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I would venture to guess it is a 3 light setup.

One key from above and slightly forward, probably a beauty dish. Gives the dark shadows under neck, arms, etc.

Then a large fill, possibly a parabolic or a large gridded softbox, slightly camera right and slightly angled down.

There is probably a white v-flat on the left for a bit of fill in the shadows.

The background further support my theory that it is a parabolic or gridded box because the directional light creates a spotlight effect with sharp fall-off and placing the model at such a distance would create a visible vignette as that fall-off becomes visible in the background. The bright spot by the legs would indicate the beauty dish from above.

Hope that helps.

Thanks!