1800w 3 Twin Halogen Light Kit with Boom

  We have been explaining on how the hair light really works and how the light should be positioned. If you still wonder the setup, we got pictures here to elaborate. The first picture basically gives you an idea of how it looks like when the hair light is used. The light projected from hair light will give your model a shinny and healthy hair look; however, the hair light should never draw people’s attention from the subject area. In this photo, the mannequin seems to be a bit over exposed due to its white surface, but the overexposure may not be fully shown if the subject were really the human scalp.
  The second picture shows how the boom stand should be positioned in relative to the position of the model. Normally, the hair light should be placed above and behind the subject in order to create the shinny hair. The hair light is never designed to be used as a back light since the light is being directed to shine the hair rather than taking out shadow. The best way to take out the shadow is to use a halogen back light kit. However, people who are running on a tight budget may try to place a model a few more feet away from the wall to prevent the shadow registering on the image.