Practicing with lights

As I may have mentioned before, I've recently jumped into using strobes in my new "studio" (a relatively small space in my basement). Every day I spend a little bit of time watching lighting videos on YouTube, and then I spend a bunch of time trying stuff out in my studio. This shot is my current favorite.

  
(yeah, his face was dirty, but it was just practice - I didn't expect to get a shot I loved!)

Here's one video I've watched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbOZfmd7mE
and another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKAdkKKNL5k&NR=1
and one more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRHwtLmzus4