Jessica Coleman Photography: Beautiful One Light Portraits In My Itty Bitty Studio. Eugene Oregon.

This is Alanna, my sweet little friend from up the road. Isn't she lovely?

My studio setup consists of 1 SB800, a white shoot through umbrella, a black umbrella, 2 large white foam core boards, and a window. I use the popup flash on my Nikon D90 to trigger the SB800. My studio is 11x10. Es muy poco, si?

For this quick mini session, I used 2 different lighting setups. This first, I love and adore. Alanna is in front of one of the white foam core boards, the SB800 is on a stand to her left and pointed at the board. She is facing a large(ish) window to get some soft, even light on her face.

Very dreamy, don't you agree?

Black and white portrait of young girl gazing into the distance, Eugene OR professional photographer

Eugene OR black and white professional portraits

Beautiful High Key Portrait of young girl, Eugene OR portrait photographer

High key portrait of girl, beauty lighting, Eugene OR

Lovely high key portrait young girl, Eugene Oregon professional photographer Jessica Coleman Photography

Next, I brought in the black umbrella, and placed it camera right. This added some shadows and contrast. This particular shot looks almost Rembrandt, because of the triangle on her cheek.