I recently edited this photo together as a promotional pic for one of my musical ensembles. I'm extremely happy with how it turned out and I wanted to break down how I set up the shot and how I edited the photos together for the final photo.
My original vision was to have the bassoons set out in front of the subjects, larger in scale but still reasonably in focus. A fully black background would allow for blending the four photos together in post, and a single key light would illuminate the subjects with dramatic Rembrandt shadows. Here's a sketch of the setup I used:
The foamcore board was specifically used to ensure that no part of the subject would appear on the left side of the bassoon, and to black out the left edge of the photos to facilitate the final edit. I used a parabolic umbrella to reduce light spill, and with an already black background it was very easy to keep only the subjects illuminated.
A little airbrushing was used between the shots to blend each portrait into the background, but overall the digital edits were not too time-consuming. I like to do as much work in-camera as possible, and save myself the trouble in post!
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