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Photographic Lighting Patterns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sources: 1 https://www.slrlounge.com/workshop/5-common-key-light-patterns/ 2 https://www.breathingcolor.com/blog/portrait-lighting/ 3 https://digital-photography-school.com/6-portrait-lighting-patterns-every-photographer-should-know/ Patterns[edit source] This is where you will draft your Wikipedia contribution. Please refer to the following resources for help:

To put it simply, Lighting patterns are a special way of casting both light and shadows in specific patterns to illustrate and provide atmosphere, mood, temperament. In this article i will attempt to take eight basic different lighting patterns and attempt to break them down relay the information in helpful and easily understood way so that this guide can be used by anyone despite their previous knowledge or lack there of on lighting patterns.

1.Split lighting Split lighting of a persons face is meant to impress a dramatic impression with the subject. With half of the subject's face being well-lit and the other half being dramatically dark this pattern tends to emphasize a dramatic, dark, and hidden feeling of disbelief. Commonly used in romance, drama, action and even adventure genres split lighting allows you to influence a seriousness or dramatic event, impacting the viewers emotions towards the event.

2. Loop lighting Loop lighting is a great lighting pattern to flatter the subjects skin tones, color. Universally a very common lighting pattern it is often used in both photos and video. Loop lighting is called loop because the photographer will cast a shadow from the subjects nose onto there cheek creating a loop of shadow.

3. Rembrandt lighting The Rembrandt lighting is created by casting a triangle of light on the subject's cheek. Rembrandt lighting is so named because the Rembrandt the painter often used this pattern of light in his paintings. To create proper Rembrandt lighting make sure the eye on the shadow side of the face has some light on it and be sure it has a catch light, otherwise the eye will be too dark and not have any color. Rembrandt lighting is more dramatic, so, like split lighting it creates more mood and a more dramatic and even scary feel to your image.

4. Butterfly lighting Possibly the most common lighting pattern used in cinema the butterfly lighting pattern is made when a light is directly above the subject causing a butterfly shaped shadow to be cast below the subjects nose.

5. Modified Once the basics of portrait lighting patterns have been mastered, they may be modified as needed for acquiring a desired affect. As photographers experiment with lighting patterns they will typically choose there favorites and learn to modify them according to their standards. because of this there is really no wrong answer concerning modifying as it is artistic preference.