thanks gang! i am surprised at how much effort goes into the lighting. i have several books on the subject = not read yet... one of my faves is this one: Amazon.com: Hollywood Portraits (9780817440206): Roger Hicks, Christopher Nisperos: Books... in this book, they offer diagrams on how to achieve the lighting effect of severak classic Hollywood photos.

the session was meant to get my feet wet with the style....it was a blast and very challenging!