Lighting system for photographic portraiture

Claim 1

A CAMERA SUPPORT FOR USE IN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY, COMPRISING: (A) BASE ON WHICH A CAMERA INCLUDING A LENS, IS ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED IN A POSITION WITH THE OPTICAL AXIS OF ITS LENS EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE FACE OF THE PERSON TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED; (B) AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND A PAIR OF ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS IN SAID ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, INCLUDING RELFECTORS FOR REFLECTING THE LIGHT RAYS FROM SAID BULBS GENERALLY TOWARD THE FACE OF SUCH PERSON WHEN THE LATTER IS IN A POSITION SPACED IN FRONT OF SUCH LENS AND SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG SAID AXIS, (C) A FIRST BULB SUPPORTING MEANS ON SAID BASE FOR SUPPORTING ONE BULB OF SAID PAIR AT ONE SIDE OF A VERTICAL PLANE IN WHICH SAID AXIS IS DISPOSED AND BELOW THE LEVEL OF SAID AXIS AT A POINT SPACED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FORWARDLY OF SUCH CAMERA AND SPACED BETWEEN SUCH FACE AND SAID CAMERA WHEN THE LATTER IS ON SAID BASE AND WHEN SAID PERSON IS IN SAID POSITION; (D) A SECOND BULB SUPPORTING MEANS ON SAID BASE FOR SUPPORTING THE OTHER BULB OF SAID PAIR AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL PLANE AND ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID AXIS AT A POINT SPACED A GREATER DISTANCE FORWARDLY OF SAID SUCH CAMERA AND CLOSER TO A PERSON IN SAID POSITION THAN THE SPACING BETWEEN SAID ONE BULB AND SAID CAMERA WHEN THE LATTER IS ON SAID BASE,