That shot looks under exposed to me ... not by much .. One to One and half Stops ..
Also looks liker your using an 28 to 80 lens and it's set on it's widest and biggest onpening (80 mm at 5.0 or even 4.0) ... Lastly your key light (softbox sheet) needs to be more central and a little Higher up (You can do that by bringing the light way up on the sheet and tilting it down)... Oh and The Silkly back drop would of had better use if iether she incororated it to her Poseing (holding or wrapped up in it) or if you moved it behind her a few feet (4 -6') ...

Mind you I'm not dissing the image its a good picture .. but you are posting it on a photography theard and the point of these threads is to learn something and improve your work ..

I spent many years Examining pictures and imagining the lighting set up in my mind .. For this reason I'm one of the worst people you can have sitting next to you in the theater .. as I'm constanly calling out lens, fstop and Camera Accessories ....

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You missed the point of my post which was only about a cheap and very easy to use light source and you've made a few assumptions which I'd like to clear up.

This was shot in an apartment living room which gave very little room for setting up. There was only enough room to set lights on each side of the model and for me to stand in the middle to shoot. The exact width was 12 feet of space to work with. You said the key light needs to be more central but this was impossible as that would leave me no room or angle to shoot.

As for using the silky backdrop, I wanted to back light it but there wasn't any room so I just used it as a frame. You said the model should have incorporated it into the shoot by grabbing it. This is only one shot of a few hundred of this set and there are plenty of her holding, pulling etc as she disrobes. In this particular shot she is pulling on her bottoms. I just happened to pick this one to illustrate what can be done with a cheap set of lights.

Again my post was about making do with what you have to work with. Of course this picture is nothing great nor was it intended to be. I'm thinking the beginning shooters here are more apt to be shooting with a tight budget and in a cramped space so this was an example as to what could be done in a pinch. Yes, this is a thread about photography and I don't have a problem posting an average picture so others can learn from it. I appreciate your comments but please take into consideration that this picture was taken with limited space and resources. It is what it is and I intended it as a starting point for the beginners.