Five Basic Lighting Techniques

[JAS_Photo]

Cool video explaining the 5 basic lighting techniques:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmmZECtP3oM

[JAS_Photo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maM4dWbK0A0

[JAS_Photo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uNMzjpmEro

[Marko]

Oh these are well made! thx for the share!

[Iguanasan]

I watched the first one but when I watch I find it hard to see the "triangle" and "loop". I feel like I just don't know what I'm looking at...more learning to do...

Thanks for sharing them, JAS.

[Mad Aussie]

I watched the first one but when I watch I find it hard to see the "triangle" and "loop". I feel like I just don't know what I'm looking at...more learning to do....
Iggy ... here's a shot to show the triangle. As the lighting is moved around (remaining high though) a shadow forms on the side of the face (shadow from nose meets shadow on cheek ... 'closing the loop') and a triangle of light is left on the cheek bone. This is a sign of good Rembrandt Lighting.

Here's an image to illustrate ...

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[Iguanasan]

Thanks for clarifying. I thought that's what he was talking about but I wasn't really sure. I found that while he described what he was doing fairly well he seemed a little too advanced for me to keep up. Maybe I just need to watch it a couple of times.