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Hey Sam,

I have asked him. He's very tight lipped about his work.

I understand your point about the various factors at play. I have, however, isolated most of the variables based on things he has shared with me: camera, lens, light, modifier, backdrop (grey seamless) used. I know his lighting set up is a one light set up shot out of a 39" softbox with an elinchrom strobe. Its really very basic in terms of the studio and the shot - what I'm looking for here is a more specific recognition/expertise of the effect achieved in post (the variable that seems to be separating the images I posted above). Its an often achieved effect in portrait photography and imagine, for those who can identify it,  something relatively straightforward to explain.