Shot 7f
This is the same shot as 7e but I added a pink filter to the Stofen diffuser and recalculated the settings: 
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/16 and @28mm zoom with a Stofen diffuser.

You can see that I am lit pretty much the same as in 7e.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.
Shot 7e
This is the same shot as 7d but changed the snoot to a Stofen diffuser and recalculated the settings: 
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/64 and @70mm zoom with a Stofen diffuser.

You can see that I am lit pretty much the same as in 7d.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.
Shot 7d
This is the same shot as 7c but the I added an 8" Honl Snoot without changing any settings to test the theory that a snoot won't change the amount of light just the coverage: 
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/32 and @14mm zoom with an 8" Honl Snoot.

You can see that the background is much darker than 7c, due to the snoot and the narrower angle of light, but I am lit pretty much the same as in 7c.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.
Shot 7c
This is the same shot as 7b but the I changed the settings on the left strobe but still aimed to get the same amount of light: 
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/32 and @14mm zoom.

You can see that the background is more lit than 7b, due to the wider angle of light, but I am lit pretty much the same as in 7b.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.
Shot 7b
This is the same shot as 7a but the left strobe was decreased by 1 stop and re-shot: 
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/128 and @24mm zoom.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.
Shot 7a
This shot was taken with a two strobes:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/64 and @24mm zoom.

Although this wasn't too bad as a starting point I felt the the left strobe was too bright and I would have stopped in down 1 stop.
Shot 6a
This shot was taken with a single strobe camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.

I calculated the guide number to be -2.5 stops and I feel that this would have been a good starting point for a shoot

For a really good starting point I would have changed the model (me) :-)
Shot 5a
This shot was taken with a single strobe camera left, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.

I calculated the guide number to be -2.5 stops and I feel that this would have been a good starting point for a shoot
Shot 4b
This is the same shot from Shot 4a, but I have decreased the exposure by 1 stop in Adobe Lightroom. I feel that this would have been a good starting point for a shoot
Shot 7b
This is the same shot as 7a but the left strobe was decreased by 1 stop and re-shot:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/128 and @24mm zoom.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.
Shot 7b
This is the same shot as 7a but the left strobe was decreased by 1 stop and re-shot: 
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/128 and @24mm zoom.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.
Shot 7b
This is the same shot as 7a but the left strobe was decreased by 1 stop and re-shot:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/128 and @24mm zoom.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.
See photo in original gallery.