Tamara at My Place

Beautiful portrait. Boy that tattoo must have hurt!

Beautiful.

You're right, she's beautiful and clearly has great poise. This is a solid gorgeous image.

Did you light the backdrop? It looks simply lit along with the (terrific) single light on the model.

@Eric Rose @awty Cheers people, yes I would imagine it was very painful !!

@Colin Corneau

Thanks Colin, As regards to lighting it is a single 100cm Octabax at a 45 degree angle, the light is high up and angled at 45 degrees or thereabouts.
The model is on the very edge light (aka kissing the light), so it lights her correctly but as the light falls off onto the background it becomes darker.
I always try and get 2 stops darker on the background than the model. Distance from camera to model, model to light, light to background all play a major part.
Its the sort of set up you get right first time or not, i have had a bit frustration with this more than once.
Its a bit of a signature look for me, but i am getting a bit of tired of it. The next shoot I have i will try something different !!

Beautiful work. Thank you for the lighting details; much appreciated. I'm going to have to try that setup next shoot.

Excellent.

Stunning!!! I love it!!!!

@ignatiu5 @artonpaper @Gimenosaiz Thanks everyone !