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Michael, Thank you very much for posting the photo for me. I shot the photo in a hurry more to show the background and didn't have time to set up the reflectors I would normally use. It was shot with two Nikon strobes mounted on a Really Right Stuff Flash Bracket. One strobe faced forward and had a Lumiquest soft box, the other faced 180 degrees and fired into a circular reflector held by a boom stand.
The effect is to illuminate the foreground subject and have sufficient distance between the subject and the background that the background will be out of focus. The soft background provides some texture and some variation without drawing your attention away from the subject. These painted backgrounds are available from any of the photography suppliers, but I made this one.
Best regards,
David
