Lately I've been enjoying returning to photos in my archives. It's always great to look back on photos I never edited with fresh eyes.
This was achieved with two lights and a curved reflector. The key light was a 17" white beauty dish. The shadow on the camera left side of the face was created in camera using a 24x36 Matthews flag. There is a gridded light on the background to create some separation on the shadow side. The Cheetah BowFlector provides the characteristic curved catchlight to draw attention, emotion, and mystery to the eyes.
Beautiful effect! Thank you for sharing the details!