How do I get this fashion photograph effect The shadows reveal that the camera was on its side, and pop-up flash was used. Probably on left side (so the picture on the right is flipped), because you'd need additional support under lens and it'd be awkward to reach shutter the other way. A short focal length to get the pop-up flash vignette so bad. Implied from this, camera is quite close to model. From a post-production standpoint the biggest thing that looks like is happening is boosted contrast. In fact, that may be the only post-production effect going on. It may have even been done via setting the camera to a 'Vivid' mode (or a similarly named setting, depending on your camera brand of choice). Also, it's likely that the grain in the photograph is caused by using a very high ISO. Alternatively the grain could be simulated in post-production as well. It looks to me like there isn't any post-production vignette going on, the vignette is simply caused by dropoff from the onboard flash. All in all I think this would be a relatively easy shot to recreate- the majority (or possibly even all) of it appears to have been done in-camera. Finally, the tripod is probably optional if your f-stop is set high enough. The idea of expensive camera equipment + darkness just leads me to the natural conclusion of 'make the camera as stable as possible so if I accidentally trip and fall over something in the dark like a klutz, at least the camera doesn't go down with me.' YMMV. :-)