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Guided Lecture Notes: Different Portrait Lighting Techniques

1. What are the Three types of lighting being covered in the lecture?

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2. Make a list of what elements are found in a successful portrait:

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3. Which type of lighting set ups is being shown in each diagram and example how you

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 4. What was the name of the famous Dutch painter who had a photography lighting style

named after him?

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Check Understanding Questions: 1

1. Name two elements a good portrait has?

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2. What is a clear way you can tell if a portrait has Rembrandt lighting?

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5. ( True / False ) Another name for butterfly lighting is Paramount lighting?

6. ( True / False ) When shooting butterfly lighting the lights are at a 90 degree angle from

the side of the model either to left or right.

Check Understanding Questions: 2

1. Name a situation where you may want to shoot a portrait with Butterfly lighting?

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2. Why is Butterfly lighting sometimes called "Paramount lighting"?

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7. What emotion would you be trying to poetry by using split lighting and example why?

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8. ( True / False ) Do you ONLY use split lighting with male models?

Now You Try…

 With a partner students will answer the questions below and write down their
answers. Once everyone has written down their answers there will be a class discussion
about students' answers.

1. You have a male model and want to create a very dramatic image. What type of
lighting should you use and how do you set it up?
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2. You are working for a company they shoots school portraits. What type of lighting
should you use and how do you set it up?
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3. You have a female model and want to shoot an image gives off the feeling of soft.
What type of lighting should you use and how do you set it up?
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4. You are working for a fashion magazine using a female model and they want a very
edgy and fierce images. What type of lighting should you use and how do you set it up?
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5. You have been hired to photography the boys high school basketball team and they
want a large team photo. What type of lighting should you use and how do you set it up?
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