Photo by: Ashutosh Khandha.

This is a nice, standard studio portrait. Good illustration of a basic lighting design. You’ve got one large light source coming from high and camera right as a key, and you’ve got a second light source filling in the shadows from a little to camera left. The shadows and the catchlights are easy give-aways.

It looks like the black background has some texture on it, which you don’t see in most of the picture because the background isn’t lit. But, just above the model’s head the keylight appears to spill onto the background bringing out the texture. I don’t know if the effect was intentional… it seems like it would be better to either light the background (and create a little glow/separation from the model) or keep it completely black.