How do you think this image was lit

[TG.]

An image i really like, not mine thats why i've linked to it, but just wondered how you chaps think it was lit

http://1.purplecdn.com/i/p/42/4250-1012064639.jpg?1369491527

 

[TG.]

Sorry Colin, i thought i had just linked to it

 

[Organnyx]

As you look at the picture, a softbox (or similar) behind and to the right of her, and either a second softbox (or similar) slightly in front and to the left and above her (or a reflector.......)
I reckon you could accomplish similar with one light and one reflector - "bang it off the wall" behind and to her right, reflector to the side, in front and high up...... (KISS - keep it simple!)

 

[HoppyUK]

Softboxes behind, left and right, probably gridded. Third softbox on axis behind the photographer at low power with blue gel. Zoom in on eyes to see refletions.

Edit: and summat subtle on the background too, behind model. The vignette could have been added in post, though I'd guess it's a fourth light.

 

[TG.]

Thanks guy's i thought it was to softboxes behind the model, but it was the light behind her that i was thrown on, and also never thought of the blue gel ethier Richard

 

[Kris]

Yeah, two gridded strips at 1:30 and 10:30 probably with mild cto. I would have taken them further to 11 and 1 (and used a longer lens if necessary) to avoid light catching both sides of the nose, which I dislike. Or masked/used thinner strips.

CTB'd circular box above photographers head.

CTB'd background light for fade.

Freezing cold model for goose bumps.

 

[losbandidos]

Hmmm, could an alternative to the strip boxes and gels possibly be split toning blue to the shadows in PP?

 

[HoppyUK]

Hmmm, could an alternative to the strip boxes and gels possibly be split toning blue to the shadows in PP?

You can do anything in post processing - if you have the skill and time to change every flippin pixel. Though in a case like that, it would be very difficult to do convincingly and far easier to do it properly in-camera with lighting.

If it was me, I'd prolly try and do something about the nose in post processing as Kris says, just to tone it down a little, and smooth out the forehead as well.