Rembrandt lighting is made up of one light source on one side of the face and a triangle of light on the other side of the face, below the eye called a chiaroscuro. The light source must be at a 45 degree angle to the subject and slightly higher than the subject.
Butterfly
Butterfly lighting was popular in the 1930s with Hollywood movie star portrait photographers. It is characterised by the butterfly shaped shadow below the nose and is produced by placing the light source above the face (between 25 and 70 degrees) and in line with the direction that the face is pointing.
Edge/Split
With split lighting, half of the face is lit and the other half is shadow. It is produced by placing the light source to the right or the left of the face.
High-Key
High Key is when there is a low amount of contrast and a large light source, often this is natural sunlight. There are often no shadows or very few shadows and the majority of the tones in the image/video are in the highlight region.
Low-Key
Low key lighting is when there is a high amount of contrast and a small light source, which creates predominantly dark tones and a very dramatic looking video/image.
Use of Shadows
In this video I was experimenting with the use of shadow and light in my images. I used a dark cupboard, and opened the door, allowing a pattern of light to form on the wall. This looked really interesting and effective as we are not able to tell exactly what is creating the pattern on the wall.
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