This was a donated sitting as a prize and was done in a hairdressers (from memory). My studio was set up to be portable.
N.B.
Informal clothing = informal posing
formal clothing = formal posing

Don’t be fooled! Polaroids are high in contrast and my scanner is a dud so very little detail! 1 metre square softbox for Key light + reflector (handiest piece of equipment you can own!). Dark dyed bedsheet (not tie died – just scrunched up and forced into a bucket) for the background – along with paint splatters etc. Gel on the backlight. An umbrella for the fill light which I moved around as I saw fit – can be used just to lift the ambience (general light level), as a hair light , or as a full fill light.

I have (had) 3 sheets dyed – dark gray, bluey green, and mauvy purple. All are complimentry to skin tones – all were under-exposed when used. If I’m using a backlight I always used the dark gray.

As these are only to check lighting and posing, adjustments were made consequential to the test shot.