Setting up a beauty dish on a boom stand and adding a diffusion sock, plus camera settings

Bringing the subject on to the set and firing off some test shots to check exposure

Shooting with just one light lets you see exactly what that light source is giving you. Use a reflector to soften shadows

Using the tri-light reflector and avoiding highlights

Using Westcott Spiderlites to create an over/under or clamshell setup

Open up Lightroom and sort through the photos from the shoot to choose which ones to work on

After choosing the best of the photos, now it is time to adjust the white balance and darkness levels

Removing blemishes using mostly the clone stamp tool

Removing red lines, whitening, and adding contrast to the eyes of the subject

Add a layer mask and use Gaussian blur to soften skin texture

The liquify brush can be used to manipulate the hair and shoulders and use layer masks and opacity to brush in the changes

After removing ponytail, go back through the whole retouching process one more time, start to finish