How do you get your picture to have this kind of lighting?

Question

http://s250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/purplehippo63/?action=view&current=n519732942_613595_8511.jpg

Answer 1

What makes you thing anything was done to those shots?

They are pretty straight forward.  Photographer faces the model head on and turns on the flash unit and holds it in his hand

I would think you would want to use come creative lighting when shooting models like maybe a single high-output lamp through a softbox or umbrella and maybe an assistant holding a reflector (white, gold, silver or black depending upon the look you want) and some good separation between the model and background

Actually in real life, over 90% of the lighting and composition is done with the camera.  I personally know of no art director who wants to pay twice for an image ... once to have a "photographer" sort of shoot it and then for a Photoshop wizard to fix everything the photographer messed up.  Post production and pre-press is specifically for printing images in publications ...

Answer 2

use a flash slightly off camera. if the flash had been moved to the side more the results would have been more pleasing imho

Po

Answer 3

The images are slightly underexposed (that is why the white wall is gray) the heavy shadow is caused by the flash being placed slightly above and to the left of the camera lens (hence why the shadow is "down and to the right" of the model.   Over all the lighting (and post processing) are really not that great. (IMHO and assuming you were NOT specifically going for that look)  If the idea was to get a "fashion" look the image should have been slightly over exposed (or at least correctly exposed) the flash moved higher and directly above the lens so the shadow disappears behind the model, and the model moved away from the wall so the shadow fades some. The shadow could have also been minimized had the background been lit by a separate light.

Jeff

Answer 4

use the flash that isn't any kind of great lighting, the shadows are a distraction and the images a little harsh

Answer 5

Photoshop.

You have to mess with the saturation of certain colors. Etc...