Flashing Harriet Again

Moved Harriet in front of a wall in the dining room. Somewhat less ambient light here as much further away from any windows than I was yesterday. And also, being a white wall makes good practice for learning to deal with shadows. Much needed practice as you can see by looking at these awful headshots and the seriously bad shadows on the wall behind Harriet.  Last three shots I moved her about half a metre away from the wall, but the shadows are still there, although not quite as pronounced. 1st shot in this series is direct flash. Next flash bounced off ceiling, then reflector held above her and angled down

After a few days, I think I am finally getting somewhere, although I am consistently noticing that my photos seemed to be underexposed and I needed to pull the exposure up in LightRoom, so I tried FEC +2. This is perhaps a bit too much flash but a huge improvement on previous days attempts. However, pulling the highlights down in Lightroom has resulted in quite nice tones

And FEC +1. This is perhaps a good compromise as I haven't needed to pull the exposure up in Lightroom but is still a bit bright - perhaps I need to pull the hightlights down as per above shot

And No Flash Exposure Compensation:- Once again I needed to pull the exposure up in Lightroom by 0.48 or half a stop