Camera and Lighting - Lighting research and experiments

Rembrandt
- is a lighting technique that is used in studio portrait photography. It can be achieved using one light and a reflector, or two lights, and is popular because it is capable of producing images which appear both natural and compelling with a minimum of equipment. Rembrandt lighting is characterized by an illuminated triangle under the eye of the subject on the less illuminated side of the face. It is named for the Dutch painter Rembrandt, who often used this type of lighting. like the use of split lighting it can be used to create a softer chiaroscuro effect making the subject look mysterious.

Edge
- Split lighting is a technique that produces a sense of drama to a scene. This form of lighting is when half of the subject's face is lit, while the other half is left dark. The light is evenly divided over the subject. this creates an effect that in cinema is referred to as chiariscuro with makes the subject seem mysterious and evil and is usually used to show that a character has a duel personality, its very common in film noir.

Butterfly 

- Butterfly lighting is a portrait lighting pattern where the key light is placed above and directly centered with a subject's face. This creates a shadow under the nose that resembles a butterfly. It's also known as 'Paramount lighting,' named for classic Hollywood glamour photography.

                                    

         

other lighting techniques I found by searching around on google looking at different ways to use lighting techniques used with portrait photography, and how I can apply them to the moving image to generate a specific mood or feel to a scene or to create a New wave style technique.

experimental lighting,

Using a silver reflector and the light to the right hand of the subject with the camera facing straight on I created several different moods and feels, using a mixture of coloured filters over the led lights and also by changing the iso settings ion the camera and by using the reflector to either angle light back at the subject or to block out light completely, here are some still images and some clips to show what I did.

Bibliography:

Butterfly Lighting - https://www.slrlounge.com/glossary/butterfly-lighting-definition/ (accessed 7 October 2019) 

Edge lighting - http://blog.backdropexpress.com/lighting-series-profile-and-split-lighting/ (accessed 7 October 2019)

Rembrandt lighting - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_lighting (accessed 7 October 2019)

Images - 

Butterfly 

- https://www.dpmag.com/how-to/shooting/classic-portrait-light-2/ (accessed 7 October 2019)

- https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/6772/what-is-butterfly-lighting-and-when-do-i-use-it (accessed 7 October 2019)

Edge lighting 

- https://clickitupanotch.com/split-lighting-made-easy-with-5-steps/ (accessed 7 October 2019)

- https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/6656/what-is-split-portrait-lighting (accessed 7 October 2019)

Lighting guide 

- https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tutorials/cheat-sheet-pro-portrait-lighting-setups (accessed 7 October 2019)

Rembrandt lighting

- https://expertphotography.com/rembrandt-lighting-photography/ (accessed 7 October 2019)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt_lighting#/media/File:Rembrandt_lighting.png (accessed 7 October 2019)