Black and White Male Portrait

Meet Craig; he volunteered to model at a practical evening at the photographic club I go to. We were being taught lighting by ace black and white photographer Alan Angel. I think that the lighting in the above image is just right. There is enough detail in the hair as well as a nice shadow on the right side of the face giving a more 3D look to the photograph. Alan explained to us the different ways he lights males and females. Females look better with a more direct light to soften the shadows and men (in general) look better with the light at more of an angle giving a much more masculine feel to the final photograph. In my opinion this worked well in this example.