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There is a lot of really good information in this thread, but also a lot of bullshit and bad information.
As with anything you learn from experience, each time you turn on those lights hopefully you experiment a little and put some of that knowledge to good use next time you are in a situation where you can use that bit of information.
Truth is there is never really one set up works for all unless you have a traditional studio.
Many of us shooters use a different location every day and thus have to set up lights specifically for that set at that location, and often clients have different requirements.
Good example of this is Barely Legal, the magazine.. the want the entire model in focus, so that the eyes and the pussy are both in focus looking sharp... well you have to light the set accordingly and shoot at ISO 11 or therabouts depending your glass.. but many glamour sites want a shallow depth of field and then you can shoot at 5.6 and create some nice 3d effects with shadows and highlights etc.
Great thread btw, if there is one thread for a photographer to bookmark, this would be the one..
workshops are great also.. highly recommend gping to workshops on lighting, you learn 10 times more then your own experimenting and you get new inspirations..
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