I've been practicing a lot with my strobe light. For this shot, I was using a Dynalite Baja B4 with a Bowens 21inch beauty dish. I've since bought a Fashpoint Rovelight 600 to get a little more power (and they're fairly priced). I really like Arthur St. John's style of shooting and I'm trying to get something similar to his photos. I know he has a lot of post processing in his shots, which I have yet to figure out, but getting my lighting better is my main focus at this point. Shot on a Canon 5D Mk II and Canon 24-105 f4 L series lens. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks.
Good shot in general. Cute model.
A few suggestions for improvement:
-model hair is disappeared into the bg, those houses could be a tad brighter so there's some separation between the model hair and bg.
-her left hand got cut off, maybe have her left hand placed on the edge of the pool.
-the details on her black bra is not showing, maybe have separate light to lid up the bra details.
that's all. Good luck and have fun on your next shoot.