So, here is the lighting set up for the shot.
A 4 bulb Kino Light, lit from below with a white shoot through diffusor.
An Opalight shooting down at around 60 degrees and around 1 meter above and 2 meters back from the model.
Two bare bulb heads, one on either side of the model at around 100 degrees just slightly off the 90 degree axis of the model.
Two HMI 1.2 Kilo Cinema Lights for the backdrop, shooting down to achieve the gradation.
Full Blue Gelatins on all of the flash sources and a Midnight Blue Gelatin on the HMI's using a Blue Backdrop.
Shot with a Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 Lens at f25.0 at 1/8th of a second.
Converted to B&W in Photoshop.
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