Hello Connor,
Indeed this is a Lighting Forum and most of the discussion should
relate to the use of light to achieve the look we want. Light, pose,
background, etc. all play a roll in the overall image. With that in
mind, I have to say that the shirt you are wearing becomes a
distraction on your high key background.
The dark areas just behind your face are also attention getters. A
better placement of your key light and the fill will help eliminate
this. Move your key light in closer so that it is barely out of the
picture frame and place your fill light directly above the lens. If
you do not have the ceiling height to do this then place it as near
the lens axis as you possibly can with the light pointed at your nose.
Self-portraits are difficult, but you have done a nice job here. It
will be easier to frame wider and crop if needed.
You will find using hotshoe flash units are tricky to achieve the
results you want unless you have larger modifiers on the units. Are
you firing into umbrellas?
Thanks for sharing.
Rodney Blair
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