Most of the times, I like symmetrical lighting without rim. Recently I wanted to experiment with an asymmetrical lighting with rim for a medium shot portrait:
![A large gridded soft box (90x110 Elichrom) as a main light, a small gridded beauty dish (Elinchrom) as a rim, a gridded reflector pointed at the white wall behind the camera, camera left, as a fill](http://shade-of-light.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/lighting-diagram-1460156044.png)
This is the result, after some editing:
I believe this setup also works well switching off the rim:
![Francesco S.](http://shade-of-light.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Handsome-man-unbuttons-his-shirt-studio-shot-2-594x768.jpg)