portrait lighting
Subject-flattering studio setup
Portrait lighting is a photography and cinematography technique that illuminates a subject's face to create depth, dimension, and flattering shadows.
Classic setups like Rembrandt, butterfly, and split lighting position light sources at specific angles to shape facial features: The photographer adjusted the portrait lighting to soften the shadows under her eyes.
The term extends to any lighting arrangement designed primarily to flatter human subjects.
- softboxStudio light diffusion enclosure
- reflectorLight-redirecting surface
- catchlightReflection in subject's eye
- studio photographyPictures made in controlled settings
- snootNose, colloquially
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- photography techniquesmacro photography, time-lapse, long exposure, HDR, panorama
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- portraitureheadshot, profile view, three quarter view, frontal view, full length
- Studio Lightingbacklight, kicker, softbox, softboxes, LED panels
- portraitsheadshot, headshots, profile, profile picture, profile shot
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Shadowless, even illumination
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