The second series of images that we shot with Melissa in the studio were aimed to be used for casting rolls therefore they were more full body than the head shots.

For these images the two strip boxes that had been lighting in the background in the headshot images were brought forward and angled so that they lit Melissa. Both were metered at the same output so the light would be even.

One of the reason that I like shooting in studio is that I can have full control over the light. I typically shoot at f8 or f9 and 1/200 s. This provides me with plenty of depth of field but more importantly is normally sufficient to eliminate all of the ambient light in the room.

As with the headshots Melissa had brought a variety of outfits that enabled us to have diversity in the images.

We even utilised the stool to provide something different. This shot ended up not being used hence it has not been cropped down.