I had the opportunity of doing some headshots for aspiring actress Caley this past month in the studio. I wanted to keep things fairly simple so I used two background setups, one white and one dark grey. Lighting was two lights on Caley primarily using a beauty dish with diffuser and a bare strobe for the hairlight. For the photo above there are two lights behind her left and right. I pointed the strobe on her right side towards the camera just enough to get a natural lens flare effect. For the two shots below I took one of the lights and used it against the background. In the case of the dark grey background I positioned the background light directly behind her head so that there would be a nice sort of halo effect.
For these last two shots I switched up the beauty dish and used a ring light. Notice the catchlights in her eyes.
Good luck Caley with your acting career!
