Another fantastic DPCA meeting 3/12/2012.  Dave Blecman of Positive Negatives http://www.posneg.com gave a workshop on studio photography with a single light.  His model Paige was great, seemingly very easy to work with as he directed her through various poses. Second half of the workshop consisted of us being able to see the images he just took of Paige, where he pointed out various do's and don'ts.  Couple of surprising statements:  He does not shoot in RAW.  He DOES however set the WB, Aperature and Shutterspeed to precisely what he needs (F8 - 1/60s), so he should not have to post-process. He shoots with a D90, and does not use fast lenses (28-105mm and 70-300mm).

Gear: 

Photek Softlight 2 (50 inch umbrella)

Light Stand

AlienBee B800 (320 WS)

Sekonic Lightmeters L308, L358 or 758. 

18% Grey Card (set custom White Balance)

Backdrop stand and white cloth, clamps

Pocket Wizard (Light remote trigger I guess?)

Overall an extremely valuable workshop, I learnt quite a bit.  So glad I went.