Lighting ratios

I was telling David today that what I need to do a better job of watching my lighting ratios. I was so concerned about avoiding clipping that my images got compressed on the left side of the histogram. Within a particular range I did a good job of creating workable lighting ratios. Next time, I need to manage the ratios better so that they start further to the right. In other words, light the main figures brighter so that there is not such a big drop off from the 90/100 IRE areas.