I’m taking self-portraits using Yongnuo speedlights as my lighting. I would like to light the background for better separation. I tried using a bare flash at 1⁄32 power at 85mm, but the falloff is too hard.
My background is a muslin hand-painted background. I’m trying to achieve the traditional portrait look.
What modifiers should I look at? Would a snoot help, and which direction to I position the light and snoot? Or would putting an 18″ octagon soft box behind the subject achieve the effect?