with Christian Hough


F a c e S h a p i n g S


Broad lighting:


Here you can see that I have used a single head to camera right and it is lighting the broadest (widest) side of the face nearest to the camera; or; where the nose is on the opposite side of the key light! This is quite an extreme example of broad lighting, but helps illustrate how it makes a face look very large and flat, since the studio light is lighting majority of the face. As the model turns to face the camera more, it will help reduce the broadness of the lighting and make the face look less flat.


trong portraits always have something that makes them stand out and it's usually down to the lighting. In this edition of Litebook, Christian takes us through four different portrait lighting techniques to help you get the most out of your portraits.


The Broad and the Short - It may sound like the title from an old spaghetti western, but these are two very simple lighting set-ups that create two very different effects. The names refer to the side of the face lit by the key light. Each effect can be achieved with a single light or you can add lights and reflectors to help fill the shadows. To illustrate this, I have only used a single light, as it makes it easier to see how the light and shadows affect the shape of the face.


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