Portrait shots

There are many methods of using light sources for as a variation for portrait shots. Key, or main, light is a front view. the subject faces the camera and a light is placed at 45 degrees between a camera and the backdrop. Moreover, the light creates a triangle of light on the dark side of the face. There are many poses like broad light, light on the side creating three quarter view, and short light, light on the side of invisible ear. Fill light adds light to the shadows and brightens the unlit side of a person’s face. For instance, the light is reflected through a reflector to a  person’s face with the shadow. Fill light softens the face of an individual and removes unwanted shadow. Moving on, background light lightens up the background and separates the subject from the background. Background light uses three lights in total. Overall, portrait shots need a light source to develop an amazing shot and these light methods do the trick.