All we need is one light

To crib from Nas. Sometimes all you need is 1 light.

I'll admit, personally I like to mostly shoot ambient light. I use the Canon 5D and 50mm f-1.4 (hopefully soon to upgrade to the 1.2L) to get a lot of light.

Sometimes it's good to go against your own style to create new stuff and to grow creatively.

The picture at left - f-5 / 1/30 / 42mm / ISO100.

I just used a single speed light (canon 430EX) to camera right to provide some modeling and shadow.

The results speak for themselves.

Try stuff that's a little different from your norm and you might even surprise yourself.