*Lighting is a very important part of photography, to be a good photographer you must understand lighting. The four lights:

Key

Fill

Hair

Edge

Different Lighting and Techniques

•The concepts of contrast and light angles were often influenced by the light coming in a window.

Background Light defined: Used for lighting the background of a set, as a whole or specific areas

•You may notice the background level is usually down, or less bright than the subject. However it is not unusual to highlight something in the background for interest. A plant or dim lamp is a common set dressing

Setup with

cookaloris pattern

Pro-light, 250W

•Slash Accent- mix the slash with general background fill, making it less prominent

•Highlight Accent- adds visual interest to the background, this would be to add a highlight to an object in the setting

•The dominant source of light in a shot

•Suggests an out of frame source

• Choice of fixture (hard or soft) and its position will help set the mood of the

shot

*Look at the cheek closest to the camera. Notice the effect; the shadow line running down the cheek

The short side-both soft and hard key lights are approaching the face from the far side of the face

•Bringing the Key light 'face-on' is effective for lightening the shadows from wrinkles.

•If possible you could move the subject and lights further away from the back wall to allow the spill to fall off

•Hatchet lighting- the shadow line runs right down the center of the face

•You may also have to adjust the height of the key light to better fill deep set eyes Reduced nose shadow

Hatchet lighting

•Sometimes when power or time limitations are factors, one light will do the work of both Key and Fill

• A second small light from behind adds a little shine to the hair adds a finishing touch

Fill light defined: Fill is used to lighten shadows and control contrast ratios (the ratio of amount of Key to Fill light). Combined with the Key light,

Fill light helps define the mood by lighting the shaded areas in a range of intensities. It can vary from none, to a level equaling the Key light.

Fill light alone

Rifa 44, 250W Soft

light

•Consider light placement positions near the camera to hide the shadows behind the subject or more off to the opposite side from the Key light

•When the Fill is directly over the camera it adds to the Key light's exposure so consider adjusting for it.

A. Lower ratio of Key to Fill light

B. Higher ratio of Key to Fill light

C. Double Nose Shadow

•Hair light defined: A light from behind the subject, often weaker than the Key or Fill, aimed at the head & shoulders. Working with Hair light gets trickier with receding hairlines, and may be done without in that situation.

•Hair lights are placed directly opposite the camera. It creates highlights and gives a nice shine to the hair. Small hard lights will make small hard lines and edges, which are appropriate if you are implying the motivation for the light is a hard source. Larger sources provide an even, gentle wash

Hair light alone

Rifa 44, 250W Soft

light

•Edge light defined: A light from behind the subject, often weaker than the Key

or fill light

•Edge lights create subtle defining 'edges', and line-like highlights, which can be added to your setup to delineate the edge of your subject

***be careful to keep any light from shining into the front of the lens, it causes lens flare.

•http://www.lowel.com/edu/foundations_of_li

ghting.html

•http://www.lowel.com/edu/