LIGHTING

STYLES
LOOP
LOOP LIGHTING CREATES A CIRCULAR
SHADOW ON THE SUBJECTS FACE JUST
UNDER THE NOSE. THIS IS ACHIEVABLE
BY PLACING THE KEY LIGHT 45 DEGREES
TO THE SIDE OF THE SUBJECT AND
RAISING IT JUST ABOVE THEIR EYE-LINE.
 SPLIT LIGHTING IS ACHIEVED BY

SPLIT PLACING A LIGHT ON ONE SIDE OF THE

SUBJECTS FACE, ILLUMINATING ONLY
ONE HALF. IT LIGHTS UP HALF OF THE
SUBJECTS FACE WHILST KEEPING THE
OTHER HALF IN THE SHADOWS,
ESSENTIALLY ‘SPLITTING’ THE FACE.
 BUTTERFLY LIGHTING IS A LIGHTING
BUTTERFLY PATTERN USED IN PORTRAIT
PHOTOGRAPHY WHERE THE KEY LIGHT IS
PLACED ABOVE AND POINTING DOWN ON
THE SUBJECT'S FACE. THIS CREATES A
DRAMATIC SHADOW UNDER THE NOSE AND
CHIN THAT LOOKS LIKE A BUTTERFLY.
REMBRANDT REMBRANDT LIGHTING IS A TECHNIQUE
UTILIZING ONE LIGHT AND ONE REFLECTOR OR
TWO SEPARATE LIGHTS. IT'S A POPULAR
TECHNIQUE BECAUSE IT CREATES IMAGES
THAT LOOK BOTH DRAMATIC YET NATURAL.
IT'S PREDOMINANTLY CHARACTERISED BY A
LIT-UP TRIANGLE UNDERNEATH THE SUBJECT'S
EYE ON THE LESS ILLUMINATED AREA OF THE
FACE
RIM
A RIM LIGHT IS PLACED BEHIND A SUBJECT
THAT EXPOSES THE OUTLINE OR RIM OF
THE SUBJECT WITH LIGHT. THIS LIGHTING
HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTOURS OF A
SUBJECT AND CREATES A DRAMATIC AND
MYSTERIOUS EFFECT. THE LIGHT SOURCE
CAN BE SLIGHTLY FROM ONE SIDE OR IT
CAN BE FROM MORE THAN ONE LIGHT.