Wide Angle Lens Portraits

One of my favorite portrait photographers is Platon. His setup is simple but it's his interaction with his subjects that allows him to get great expressions and henceforth great portraits. I've been playing with that setup lately just trying to make some nice portraits in the studio. Here's the quick explanation:

-One light in a 28" softbox high and directly in front of subject
-White background
-Wide angle lens

Here are a few to look at:

One Light Portrait

I did some portraits for Dr. Eddie Orobitg, a dentist in town, this past week. They needed some shots for their website as well as an ad they will be running soon in Healthy Living Magazine. I did a very simple one light set up. I put a 580ex ii in a 28" softbox for my main light. I used a small white reflector close to the subject for fill. We shot all the pictures on a black back drop.

Here's one of the pics so you can get the picture: