When in a studio, there are three different lighting techniques used that can change the picture altogether. These three shots are: Butterfly, Rembrandt and Short and can be used in both soft and hard lighting. However, these techniques are easier to spot when in hard lighting as the light travels directly towards the subject, when using soft lighting the light travels as far and as wide as it can. The light techniques are most commonly used in interviews but can be photographed using objects too.
Rembrandt: Named after a 15th century dutch artist, rembrandt creates a triangle on the side of the nose; just under one eye on the shaded side of the object or person. This creates a moody photography portraying a distinguished look for older models. In order to create this, the light source should be placed above the head of the subject and at a 45 degree angle. This illuminates one side of the face and creates the shadow for the triangle. Short: Short lighting illuminates the side of the subjects face that is away from the camera.This emphasises the cheek bones creating a narrowing effect, making the face thinner that it really is. To create this from the rembrandt lighting is moving the light source further away and higher up from the subject.
Butterfly: This named from the shadow that forms underneath the subjects nose when the picture is taken. This type of lighting is for glamorous shots so as a result used for younger models in the industry. There are shadows under the nose, under the lower lip and finally from the neck down. This makes the entire face stand out and a fill light can even be used to make the subjects cheek bones stand out by creating a slight shadow underneath them too.
When creating these shots, you can use some accessories in order for your pictures to be the very best quality. These include a soft box, a snoot, a ring flash, a beauty dish and a honey comb. All of these accessories help create a different quality of light. A snoot produces hard light that can be used to signify a certain part of your subject, because its hard light, shots such as a Rembrandt can be identified easily. A beauty dish however uses a cone shaped reflector to distribute light towards a focal point, this is more of a soft lighting accessory.
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