based on a recent episode of camera club live…
the idea being light spills around the black card giving a rim light with a black background. Face is exposed with aperture and speedlight is quite high, let me go check, yep 1/2 power.
Setup got me most of the way there and finished off in darktable with multiple exposure instances and lots of masks.
before
after
Thanks to Joe for taking time out of his busy Saturday…
very cool result, looks awesome - thanks for sharing 
That is actually a very cool idea. I have never heard of this technique despite decades as a professional photographer. I wish someone taught me such a simple technique 45 years ago. I will have to share this ide with my students. Thanks
Cool, glad to be of use.
An old form teacher told us teaching was like throwing sand at a wall, best he could hope for was some of it would stick…
Anyhoo, lots of stuff on rim lighting online - same content, different format
