DIRECT SIDE LIGHT:
*NOTE: The shadow(s) for these portraits should be dark
1. The light should illuminate your subject from an obvious side/direction.
2. Make EIGHT+ photographs with this method.
3. If you are using the same person for all eight images, move the light (or the subject) so that each photo is illuminated differently. The differences might be slight, or dramatically obvious. Either way, you'll have a 'different' photo, and it is likely that one will be preferable over another (that's the point of doing multiples).
GENERAL NOTES:
*An obvious and distinctly dark shadow should be visible (dark side of the face)
**An obvious direction from where the light is emanating (coming in from one side only)
***Make sure the light you are using is NOT in the picture.
SUGGESTIONS:
*Use a small light to begin with, at night/in dark, and build from there.
**Possible light sources: small table lamp with/without the shade, cell phone flashlight, computer/laptop screen...