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Lighting Techniques

Lighting Techniques. Portrait Photography. 6 Lighting techniques every photographer should know. Split Loop Rembrandt Butterfly Broad Short. Split Lighting. Splits the face exactly into equal halves with one side being in the light, and the other in shadow. Creates dramatic images.

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Lighting Techniques

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  1. Lighting Techniques Portrait Photography

  2. 6 Lighting techniquesevery photographer should know Split Loop Rembrandt Butterfly Broad Short

  3. Split Lighting Splits the face exactly into equal halves with one side being in the light, and the other in shadow. Creates dramatic images

  4. How to achieve split Put the light source 90 degrees to the left or right of the subject, and possibly even slightly behind their head. Where you place the light in relation to the subject will depend on the person’s face.

  5. Loop Lighting Loop lighting is made by creating a small shadow of the subjects noses on their cheeks.

  6. How to achieve Loop The light source must be slightly higher than eye level and about 30-45 degrees from the camera (depends on the person, you have to learn how to read people’s faces).

  7. Rembrandt Lighting Rembrandt lighting is identified by the triangle of light on the cheek. Rembrandt lighting is more dramatic, so like split lighting it creates more mood and a darker feel to your image.

  8. How to achieve REmbrandt The subject must turn slightly away from the light. The light must be above the top of their head so that the shadow from their nose falls down towards the cheek.

  9. Butterfly Lighting Named for the butterfly shaped shadow that is created under the nose by placing the main light source above and directly behind the camera. Glamour Shots & Older People. Helps create shadows under cheeks and chin.

  10. How to achieve Butterfly Have the light source directly behind the camera and slightly above eye or head level of the subject (depends on the person). It is sometimes supplemented by placing a reflector directly under their chin, with the subject themselves even holding it!

  11. Broad Lighting The subject’s face is slightly turned away from center, and the side of the face which is toward the camera (is broader) is in the light.

  12. How to achieve Broad The face is turned away from the light source. The side of the face that is towards the camera has the most light on it and the shadows are falling on the far side of the face.

  13. Short Lighting Short lighting puts the side turned towards the camera (that which appears larger) in more shadow.

  14. How to achieve Short The face is turned towards the light source this time. Short lighting has shadows on the largest part of the face showing.

  15. Activities • Day 1: Create a Flip book of Lighting Techniques to Keep on Hand • Day 2: Practice Lighting techniques in Class with Lighting and Reflectors without using Flash. • Homework: Have a model (person of choice) and do a portrait session. • Upload 2 of your best portraits and list the lighting you used.

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