“5 Corporate -Style Portrait Techniques” by Bryan Larson for Digital Photography School is an off-camera lighting guide for producing corporate-style portait photographs.

Larson’s lighting guide goes through five common shots seen in corporate portraiture, complete with diagrams of camera, strobe and subject positioning. The types of shots he covers are:

1. The Simple Studio
2. Exterior Spaces
3. People and Props
4. Confined Spaces, Multiple Faces
5. The Close-Up

Much of the technique discussed here boils down to a few simple rules — as far as lighting goes, get the flash off-camera to illuminate your subjects from the sides with nice, soft light.