Category: HW 8: Photographic Style (Page 2 of 3)

Identify the lighting style used including the angle of view, lighting pattern: Rembrandt, split, butterfly light, broad or shot light. How much fill is used to brighten the shadows? How is a background light used to separate the subject from the background? What is the palette? How tight is the framing? What is the angle of view?

• Lighting Pattern: Rembrandt Light
• How much fill is used to brighten the shadows? – The fill is a soft gentle fill that helps brighten some shadows, but other example like on Leo’s, the shadow is a lot harsher.
• How is a background light used to separate the subject from the background? – The background light is allowing the hair in the back to show their colors, opposed to a darker color of the hair.
• What is the palette? – Gray to white colors.
• How tight is the framing? – Medium close up.
• What is the angle of view? – Eye level to the models.

Identify the lighting style used including the angle of view, lighting pattern: Rembrandt, split, butterfly light, broad or shot light. How much fill is used to brighten the shadows? How is a background light used to separate the subject from the background? What is the palette? How tight is the framing? What is the angle of view?

Lighting Pattern: Butterfly and Broad lighting

How much fill is used to brighten the shadows? There is some light fill light for some of the portraits.

How is a background light used to separate the subject from the background? There doesn’t to be any lighting in the background. The background is either plain white and for one it is grey.

How tight is the framing? The framing is really tight so that you mostly see the face and parts of the neck. You can see some shoulder, but that is mostly covered up by the headlines.

What is the angle of view? The angle of view is eye level.

Identify the lighting style used including the angle of view, lighting pattern: Rembrandt, split, butterfly light, broad or shot light. How much fill is used to brighten the shadows? How is a background light used to separate the subject from the background? What is the palette? How tight is the framing?What is the angle of view?

• Lighting Pattern: Butterfly Lighting
• How much fill is used to brighten the shadows? – There is a soft fill to bring forward the shadows on the face
• How is a background light used to separate the subject from the background? – The background light is pointing at the backdrop to create contrast between the subject and the background. It also helps that it gives emphasis to the highlights of the subject
• What is the palette? – Gray to white colors
• How tight is the framing? – Medium Close Up
• What is the angle of view? – Eye-level