Testing a simple strobe set up

Key light up and slightly to the right, rim light back left and reflector bouncing up from slightly to the left for fill (from our perspective looking at her).

I didn't try to blow out the BG, am I on the right track with this?

Also how are the skin tones? I edited them on another monitor and they look a little off and blown out on this one.

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skin tones are good, maybe just a hair blown out

Thanks Rick, I just "replaced" the photos on flickr, I was hoping to have a side-by-side comparison but anyways, the photos in my original post have been recovered slightly. They look less blown out now.

IMO, you've got a very nice recipe for "normal" light working here.

Nothing dramatic but perfectly effective. Now that you know how to get to Point A, you can start playing with ratios and moving reflectors / flags, etc to get more texture and drama!

Thanks Jay, I wanted to start simple and try to get some 'basics' down, and go from there! I have a model shoot lined up soon to try some things (the photos above are my sister). School is done soon and then its time to focus on my real passion