Hello chums!
Just a quick post here to show you some studio lighting. I had already posted these pictures but realised I hadn’t quite explained myself. So here they are again with notes.
These first two pictures are of my lovely new friends, Skye and Aimee and represent an example of split lighting. Split lighting, as you can probably tell, comes from one light source (the key light) and gives the impression of splitting the light on the image almost in two, creating light on one side & shadow on the other. In these examples, the light source was to my (the photographer’s) left which illuminated the right side of both of the model’s faces and put the left into darkness.
The next image shows you an example of Rembrandt lighting and features another one of my new chums, the lovely Emily. With Rembrandt lighting, the key light is positioned slightly to the right of the photographer (yours truly) and higher than both the photographer and the model. It is then angled down. The model is positioned so she is not looking directly to camera and with the addition of a snoot attached to the key light, this casts a triangular shadow on the right hand side of the models face creating the Rembrandt effect.
These final two images again feature Emily and Aimee and give you examples of butterfly lighting. This lighting setup involved both models in the seated position and the key light, attached to a softbox, raised above their heads but angled down. With the key light positioned in this way and the models looking slightly up to camera, shadows are created, mainly under the nose, to give the ‘butterfly’ effect. It is called this as the shadow created is said to resemble the wings of a butterfly.
So there you have it my friends – some examples of studio lighting. And let me take this opportunity to thank my lovely models for their co-operation and more importantly their patience! We had fun didn’t we….
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