Steampunk is Victorian engineering as wardrobe: an underbust corset over a chemise, a tulle or bustle skirt, lace-up boots, and exactly one gadget — goggles or a pocket watch, never both at once. It is the most cosplayed shoot theme on the internet and the easiest to overdo; three pieces, fully committed, beat ten.
Light it like a gas lamp: warm, low, one source. Brick, workshops, old doors and iron staircases are free sets. Keep modern details out of frame — a smartwatch in a steampunk shoot is a deleted photo.
