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I think you are both right....
Karin and Marvin,
I have done a fair amount of portrait photography myself and I believe that you are both correct in how you shoot your reference photos.
Marvin, your description of using a second source closer to the camera in order to get some soft light to detail the shadows is something I have been doing for some time. A soft light box works well for this. Karin's method of using a reflector, (Karin I think you do this yes?) to bounce light from a single source can be just as effective however if you understand, as I suspect Karin does, that the reflector should not be too close to the subject and should be angled at an equal distance from the subject as possible.
With both techniques you get the "effect" of single source lighting. The trick to both is knowing where to put that source of secondary light (reflector or box) - distance from subject, angle, etc. It can make a big difference.
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