First B&W Self Portrait

Testing out my umbrella setup yesterday and ended up with a self portrait.

It's kinda too dark for me... may be it's just my monitor?

It does´nt show up dark here. I only use my laptop though so it may show up dark on crt´s. It is supposed to be a little dark though, only one light source and a low key attempt. Attaching my lighting setup for those who are interested.

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It seems to be a nice pose, and good photo..... but I mostly wanted to comment that your stripes make me think your a jailbird LOL!

Thanks for the comment sonshine_rae hehe kinda feels like jail with all this rain outside lately stuck inside with my photogear

Looks alright to me. Got a dark sheet or something you can put behind you to cover the clutter?

Thanks for the comment cdifoto, I tried to cover most of it with a dark fabric. But it was not big enough to cover it all Thin I need to try another angle next time so the shelf is not visible at all

Angel_LCD wrote in post #2921207
Thanks for the comment cdifoto, I tried to cover most of it with a dark fabric. But it was not big enough to cover it all Thin I need to try another angle next time so the shelf is not visible at all

If that wall to our left (your right) is big enough and plain enough, you could use that. If you can get far enough in front of it, the light falloff will make it dark naturally.

Yup can try that. Thanks for the comment

To make it really dark (nearly black or actually black), get yourself as far in front of it as you can. 5+ feet if possible. That way light falloff is maximized and only on you as a subject.