Duncan jumps in to take the prize! Thanks everyone for the kind comments about the image.
This was shot in ambient light of about 1/8, f2.8, ISO 100. I only wanted the laptop and bear lit, removing any distractions and giving the impression of a late night computer session browsing the web/playing a game etc.
9" bare snoot aimed just over the top of the laptop screen to light the bear's face and front. I put a pale lavender gel on the end of the snoot just to colour the light slightly to mimic light from the screen.
6" bare snoot camera right, level with the top of the screen, aimed at the keyboard by the paw.
I turned up the screen brightness to max and set ambiant exposure for the screen with enough DOF for the whole keyboard. I have attached the screen light only image.
I then set the flash powers to light the keyboard and bear as I wanted.
Looking at this again, I should have dropped a 3rd light behind the screen on a very low power to highlight the edges slightly.
Who wants to set the next one then?
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