Viveca

Comments regarding the lighting setup or Photoshop work are

appreciated. Lots of skin imperfections removed in Photoshop,

hopefully not going overboard.

When lighting anything, use one key light. As long as we have one sun, one key light will feel most natural. Use a large reflector as a fill. What you are trying to achieve is the illusion of a three dimensional image on the screen or the flat print surface.

Try to not think of the light as a softbox or a fresnel light. Think of them as a window and the sun with a wall filling in the shadows. When you look through the camera and it "feels" like sunlight or a natural window, you've got it. Hope this helps.

Robert K