I shoot almost everything with just one light. Whether that light is sunlight, a window, a bounced hotshoe flash, or a studio strobe with an umbrella or a softbox… it’s almost always just one.

It’s not that I can’t or won’t shoot with more lights, but as I’ve described here before, I keep things as simple as possible when I shoot. I’d rather spend time interacting with the subject than spend gluttonous amounts of time setting up half a dozen lights, only to use them for five minutes worth of shooting. Some might say that means I care stunningly little about the process and just want the quickest means to the end. But for the type of photos I do, it simply wouldn’t benefit the final product.

Randall, above, was lit with one Alien Bees strobe in a Photoflex softbox. In fact, most of everything on the blog so far has been lit with a single source. It wraps her face nicely and there’s just enough light to highlight the exposed eye, which I love.

Christine, below, has called me out on her blog. We’re gonna have a bit of a blogging war it seems. Stay tuned…