Lighting Diagram

hey all!
i haven't posted lately, i've been super busy with seniors and lots of cute kiddo's! anyway, i get asked from time to time about my lighting set-up, so i thought i would share a little bit about that. i use 1 alien bee 800 with a giant alien bee softbox. i also use their cybersync triggers and lurve 'em! i typically use seamless paper for my backdrops. i'm going to attach a diagram of my set-up and then also a shot achieved using this set-up, well, pretty much my whole website and blog is with this set-up, but you'll understand when you see how cute the baby is i'm going to post.
okay, back on topic. you'll see in my diagram that i have "IF" you need a reflector, i do NOT use a reflector, even with up to 6 people i've not used a reflector and my images have come out great. so basically, if you're using that large of a softbox, you don't need a reflector if you're positioning your light correctly. when your setting up, you want your light to be perpendicular to your backdrop, and then go stand in front of the backdrop, right by the light. grab hold of the back edge of the softbox and get about an arms length away from it, let go and take one step back.. this is where you want your subject to be. i use my softbox so that its parallel to the ground. you'll also have to determine how high or low to position the light, and if you turn your modeling light on, that can be fairly easily. you want to catchlights to be in about the 10-11 o'clock position if light is on the left, and 1-2 o'clock if on the right. make sure to check that the light is in the correct position for the most flattering portrait. meter your light and your good to go!