Originally Posted by redshoe

tony, at 2k in a hotel room, that means that you're what 10 feet away with a 2000 watt light? Why not just shoot outdoors at noon. With that much light you're going to blow your highs and create really dark shadows.

Bm bradley taught me how to not see the lighting, but rather to see in f/stops. How much of a difference is it in the highs vs the lows?

So the trick then becomes, not adding more lights, but try to light into the shadows.