For a quick setup in this office we knew we couldn't compete with the amount of daylight from the window behind the desk so the blinds were closed. We didn't want to have a bland background either, so we turned on the table lamp behind her. Even though it's bulb had a blue cast, it was better to have it on. It made the set look more natural, created a sense of depth, and also added a little light to the flowers in the corner.

The overhead office lights provide enough light to make an exposure but you can see they have a very unflattering effect on the subject. Her eyes are nearly lost in shadows, her forehead is the brightest part of her face, and there is a long shadow under her nose. We turned them off completely, altho, since they are also tungsten, we could have left them on to raise the room level . The camera was set up in the office doorway to allow a more telephoto lens shot, to try and get the background to be a little out of focus.

The Omni-light from the kit was fitted with the gel frame and frost gel clipped to it. With the subject facing the interviewer's position, the position and height of the light were adjusted until the subject's nose shadow blended along the line below her check to the end of her mouth. One of the chairs in the room had to be removed to make room for the Omni & stand.

A stand with the Tota-light and umbrella was placed just to the left of the camera position, a little higher than her head. This caused the shadows from the light to fall down and behind the subject; avoiding a second set of shadows from being visible behind her. We adjusted the light's distance to the subject until we saw the amount of fill, or lightening of the shadows, we wanted. Enough shadow was left to still see a triangle of light below the eye nearest the camera.

The Pro-light was placed as far behind the subject as possible without the stand being visible in the frame. It was also set at a height that kept it clear of the frame. It added a shine to her hair that appears to be coming from the lamp in the background. If we placed this Back or Hair light too high there would be a hard shadow on the desktop in front of her, and the tip of her nose would have a distracting bright spot. The barn doors on this light were pinched together to only allow light on her hair.