Digital Photography Basic: Studio Lighting For Portraiture - Lighting is a vital part in photography. Light is the basis of image capturing in photography. There are two types of lighting are commonly used in photography itself. The first is the natural light and the second is artificial light. Natural light in photography is to use light sources that are already available in the environment such as sunlight, street lights etc. While artificial light means that the light created and governed by the photographer.
This time we will discuss about the artificial light are used for portrait photography. Artificial light for portrait photography is widely used in composing and capturing in room or studio. Artificial light is widely used by photographers because a photographer more freely regulate the composition and direction of illumination. Actually, many ways that can be used to give the effect of light on the face of the object, but only a few are easier to describe.
Three Point Lighting
Key-Light
This type of lighting is also called the main light, key light is usually placed on one side of the face of the subject, between thirty and sixty degrees from the center and slightly higher than eye level. The purpose of the Key-Light is to give shape / outline on the subject, usually the face.
Fill-in light
In modern photography, light fill-in is used to control the contrast, filling the shadows in the scene and almost always placed above the axis of the lens and the light source is great. light level is usually less than or lower than the key light (main-light). its purpose is to raise the brightness of shadows in a scene.
Accent-Light
The intended use of the Accent lights is to bring out the subject. Usually placed at the behind and leads to the subject. an Accent lights will separate the subject from the background. The most common example of the intended use of these accent lights will be shining a light into the subject's hair to add shine to the effects rim or background to elevate the tone of the background. There are plenty of accent lights in the shot, but to be remembered, the use of accent lights should not be more dominant than the main light. Another example would be the spotlight on the bags in one shot fashion. Think in terms of "Kiss of moonlight", rather than "Lightning Strike", though there is no "necessity" in photography and it is up to the photographer to decide the authorship of their shots.
Kicker (optional)
A Kicker is a form of Accent-Light. Often used to give a back-lit edge to a subject on the shadow side of the subject.
Twins Lighting or Butterfly lighting
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Butterfly lighting is lighting technique that use only two light. Main light or key light are placed in front of subject and placed a little bit higher then object position. the second light are used as rim light. Butterfly lighting was a favorite of famed Hollywood portraitist George Hurrell, which is why this style of lighting often is called, Paramount lighting, as well, became a staple pattern for the Hollywood photographers of the 1930s. This lighting is characterized by the butterfly-shaped shadow that it casts below the nose. The butterfly pattern can be quite useful for a variety of faces, but is at its best on lean subjects with high and pronounced cheekbones. It is produced by placing the light source above the face (typically 25-70 degrees) and in line with the direction in which the face is pointing.
