Types of lighting technique – Broad lighting
Broad lighting isn’t about the size of the key light, but more about the area that it illuminates. Broad lighting involves placing the subject at a slight angle to the camera with his head turned...
View ArticleTypes of lighting technique – Butterfly lighting
Butterfly lighting is a favorite among Hollywood directors and you are sure to find examples of this lighting technique in many a classics. Butterfly lighting requires that the key light be placed...
View ArticleTypes of lighting technique – Front lighting
One of the easiest and the most common types of lighting arrangements is front lighting. Front lighting denotes illuminating a subject from the front. Though it is one of the easiest and the most used...
View ArticleTypes of lighting technique – Loop lighting
A light variation of the front lighting technique, loop lighting creates a small shadow of the subject’s nose on the side almost touching the cheek. However, keep in mind that the shadow does not...
View ArticleTypes of lighting technique – Rembrandt lighting
Rembrandt lighting is a slight variation of loop lighting. Unlike in loop lighting where the shadow of the subject’s nose does not touch the cheek, in Rembrandt lighting it does. This lighting...
View ArticleTypes of lighting technique – Short lighting
Short lighting is the exact opposite of broad lighting and in this technique the side facing the camera is the one that is away from the light source. You may create broad and short lighting...
View ArticleTypes of lighting technique – Sidelighting
Sidelighting is a technique of lighting in which the main source of light is arranged at a side of the subject. When you need a full-frontal lighting for properly illuminating a subject, for example...
View ArticleTypes of lighting technique – Split lighting
Split lighting is an offshoot of partial lighting technique. In this lighting technique the key light is placed at 90 ﾰ from the camera, directly facing one side of the subject. Such a lighting...
View ArticleTypes of lighting technique – Top heavy lighting
As the name suggests top heavy lighting is when the key light is placed directly overhead the subject. The most common example would be when you are photographing someone standing under the mid-day...
View ArticleUnderexposure
Underexposure is the reverse of overexposure. In underexposure less light is allowed to let in than required for a proper exposure. This can happen when you use a shutter speed faster than normal,...
View ArticleVignetting or light fall-off
To simply state whatﾒs vignetting, you will need to see the corners of your images after you have taken them, straight out of the camera and with no post-processing and no vignetting correction...
View ArticleWedding Photojournalist
A wedding photographer who adopts a journalistic style of photography is termed as a wedding photojournalist. The term is often used in the same breath as candid wedding photographer. As a matter of...
View ArticleWhite balancing
White balance is a term used to denote properly adjusting the exposure for color cast created by the ambient light. All types of light create color cast. Even shooting under a blue sky also creates a...
View ArticleWide angle lenses
Wide angle lenses are generally lenses that are wider than 24mm. wide angle lenses offer a wider field of view. Wider field of view allows for more of the scene to be captured in a single frame. Wide...
View ArticleZoom lenses
Zoom lenses are those which have a variable focal length. These are lenses which are generally considered to be very versatile because of this ability. Zoom lenses are more complicated than their prime...
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