Camera Use Week 7: Low Key Light

Week 7 

In Class Exercise


1. Split lighting

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 7.1   ISO 100 

Shutter Speed 1/125  Fstop 7.1   ISO 100

These are our class Split Lighting Images. To get the lighting looking like this we used the key light directly to one side of the subject in this case "Rabia". Doing this splits the face exactly into equal halves with one side being light and the other side being shadow. As clearly seen in the top and bottom images. 

2. Loop Lighting

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 10.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 10.0   ISO 100

These are our class Loop Lighting Images. To get the lighting to look like this the light source needs to be slightly higher than eye level, and more to the front of your subject than needed for split lighting. This effect should cause shadowing to fall to the side of the nose that loops around, hence the name loop lighting. As seen in the top and bottom images.

3. Rembrant Lighting

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 10.0   ISO 100

This is our class Image for Rembrant Lighting. To create Rembrant lighting the subject in this case "Aroha" needs to face slightly away from the light. The key light also need to be slightly further to the side than needed for loop lighting. The effect you need to se from this is a Triangle patter under the eye thats away from the light as seen in this image. 

4. Butterfly Lighting 

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 13.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 13.0   ISO 100

These are our in class images for Butterfly lighting. To achieve this effect you need to have a light source directly behind the camera and slightly above the eye or head level of the subject. The effect you should get is a butterfly like shape under the nose, as seen in both these images.