The 9 types of portrait lighting photographers need to know-whether they're on location or in studio

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Studio lighting staples that every photographer should master.

One caveat before we get started on this topic. I am not a fan of giving everything photographers do a name. It does make it easier to talk about, but it's not like your customer is going to come to you saying, I really love how well you do loop lighting. And just because you use some technique that has a name, doesn’t mean that it’s going to be good.

The best way to talk about this would be hours on a clock, with the camera at 6 pointed at 12.

Split lighting
Split lighting is when you set a single light at 9 or 3. This results in one side of the person's head being illuminated and something I would call, not good—well, most of the time.

Backlight or rim lighting
This is when the light is behind your subject at 12 o’clock and it can result in nice rim lighting. If you have the subject standing in profile, have them turn their head just right, you can end up with a catch light.

Butterfly lighting
This is when you boom a light at 6 o’clock slightly above and in front of your model so that it places highlights on their cheeks and a shadow under their nose that resembles a butterfly, allegedly, but I don’t see it. I guess I failed this Rorschach test. It will also exentuate their deep set eyes, but if you place it just right you can get light on their upper eye lids, which I always prefer.

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