If you want to take ultra modern style portraits with the pure white backgrounds, but think you can’t because you only have one studio light think again. Experts may tell you that you need five lights comprising main or key light, fill light, hair light and at least two background lights, and who on earth can afford five studio flashes? The secret lies not in throwing money at the idea, but at flexing the old brain power.
The only photographic equipment you’ll need in addition to your single light is a meter capable of measuring whatever your light is to within a half f/stop accuracy. Use an ambient light meter if you have a continuous light source or a flash meter if your light is some sort of flashgun. The only other thing you will need, which can’t be home made is a single mirror tile which will cost you about 3 from most DIY centres – and even that isn’t actually vital, it just adds the finishing touch.
