Lighting Techniques

Split Lighting: Split lighting at its most basic level is a single light placed at a 90 degree angle from the subject and a bit higher than eye level, lighting one half of the subjects face, and leaving the other in shadow. And when split lighting is used, the subject of the photo is always square to the camera.

Butterfly Lighting: This can also be referred to Paramount Lighting. The show is produced below the nose, and is lit by placing lights above the face in line with the direction that the face is pointing.

Short Lighting: The short-lighting position is probably the most commonly used position.  It works well with a variety of faces and is often mentioned as the choice for narrowing the face. Short lighting is when the side of the subject facing away from the camera is illuminated.

1984 Diorama Shoot

For my shoot, I plan to have my model sitting in a chair. They need to have a plain and straight face. There needs to be good lighting so you can fully see the model but not so much they are too bright.

A chair will be used, as I need the model sitting down.

I plan to use soft box and a spill kill.