Rembrandt lighting:


Rembrandt lighting is very similar to short lighting and it refers specifically to the portraits painted by Rembrandt, where he used to paint a small inverted triangle of light under the eye on the shadow side of the face. The same effect is used frequently in photography. Basically, we can achieve this effect by slightly modifying the short lighting set-up, until the shadow of the nose meets the shadow of the cheek. If the shadows don't meet, then it remains short lighting. If you want a much smaller inverted triangle of light under the eye on the shadow side of the face, you can try raising the key light more or using a much tighter light source, such as a honeycomb grid.


If you want a much smaller inverted triangle of light under the eye try raising the key light more


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