3-Point Lighting

Today in class we used three different types of lighting to create different effects in our photos. The first we used was a key light. This light is one cast onto an umbrella at a 45 degree angle, and the light reflects back onto the subject. It casts on one side of the models face and on the side of the nose opposite the direction of the light, it creates a triangle of light on the cheek. The next type of light used was a fill light. This is a large reflector called a fill, held up to the subject that reflects some of the key light onto the unlit side of the face/head, removing some of the cast shadows. The last effect used was a back light, which was placed behind the subject and cast onto the background. This light creates space between the model and the background by producing a halo-like effect around the edges of the model.