Lighting

Edge Lighting is commonly found in the studio as well as lots of films, famously in Noir. This technique is used to create a subtle or an obvious "edge" of light on the subject, usually split down the middle of the subject but for magazines and photo shoots it's used have light edge along the jawline.

This is a really simple and easy lighting to do. 90 degrees from the subject to create a shadow on one side of the face and light on the other creating a "split" or "edge" of light on the subject.

Rembrandt Lighting is highly used in studios. This lighting can be achieved in two ways. You can use a single light and a reflector or by using two lights but at different settings and angles (which is what I have done). This technique is popular in the studios because it produces images which appear both natural and fascinating with little equipment

This lighting is hard to achieve, I didn't get the full triangle under the eye. To solve this, I could have spent more time carefully moving the light and subject to achieve the correct lighting.

Butterfly Lighting is one of the oldest techniques for lighting the face of a subject. This technique got its name from the butterfly-shaped shadow it creates under the subject's nose as well giving more definition to the subjects cheekbones.

This lighting was one of the easiest to achieve however the lights weren't able to go up high enough to fully achieve the right lighting and harsh shadows under the nose. To fix this, I would have a light I can move higher up or lower my subject more.

This experimental lighting with the light directly under the subject created harsh shadows over his face with the lights hitting the lower parts of his face and just above his eyes.

Thuis lighting created a more extreme split effect with more of his face cover with the shadow.

This was my favourite lighting as it created a very ominous silhouette of the subject and creating a "heavenly" glow from behind him shinning through his hair.

The issue with this low key lighting is the ISO being high creating a grainy video.

This high key lighting is very easy to create due to the fact it's just natural light. The only issue is with natural light is depending on the weather and time of day, the lighting may not stay consistent and shots may look different in shoots. To solve this I'd take out a light source of my own, a diffuser and reflector to keep the lighting outside consistent.