Lighting WEEK 4: Portrait lighting techniques

 Task:

Using Set a light or a studio set up show, complete the follow portrait lighting techniques

Split

f/5.6 1/125 ISO100

This is Brandon on a hatcher or split light. His entire right side is completely plunged into shadow. I believe this is a fantastic technique to create a dramatic (and morally ambiguous) allure on my character, giving the sensation that he has something to hide, making more difficult to read his mind. To do this shot I used a Godox 400 studio flash (with a dome softbox) positioned almost direct off to the side of Brandon, at an eye height.

Loop lighting

f/4.0 1/125 ISO100

I created this shadow by placing my light source just to the side and pointing downward toward Chris. I started by placing my Godox Studio light with a softbox on his left side, until his opposite ear was no longer visible. Then I positioned my light just above Chris, direct toward his face. 

Paramount

f/5.6 1/125 ISO100

For this shot, I placed my light at an angle above and centered with Chris's face, until I found that "butterfly-shape" shadow under his nose. This is an easy lighting technique that is simple to set up because it's based on only one light. But I recognize I've should have used a reflector to delete the shadows of his chin and neck.

Rembrandt

f/4.0 1/125 ISO100

This is a Rembrandt triangle made it by the shadow of the nose and the cheek of Brandon's face. It's a triangle of light in the middle of his face's left side, This is the side that adds drama to the photo. And the fact that there's still light on his left eye, separate this photo from my previous one when I pictured Brandon with the split lighting. I did this shot with one single light source, positioned 45 degrees to one side of my camera and raised above the eye level of Brandon.