Hey Julie,

I concur with the others. Black on black is one of my favorite things to do. It is also quite difficult. This is a shot I took of Mahkayla that I did for her 2nd birthday (poor girl). While the composition may be a bit depressing for cosmic reasons (or fun, depending on your perspective), this was quite a difficult shot to pull off. Not only was I shooting black on black, but I had to make sure I did not over-expose the reflecting hat on her head.

Proper light placement was quite difficult as I recall. In this shot, I believe that I used 4 different lights. 1 bounced, 1 placed about 8 feet away, about 3 feet above her pointing down (main power) and two other fill flashes to illuminate her face.