Key Light- This is the main powerful light source that creates shadows with a direct or soft light. The direct light is created through a reflector with barn doors or the soft light is created through a diffuser such as an umbrella.
Fill-in Light- This is an additional light source with diffusers, soft boxes etc. In this situation barn doors can be used to stop reflections in the places that you need to be in the dark.
The order to set flashes up- First you need to set up the background light and the hair light this will allow you to see what light sources these create. Next you set up the fill light and then the key light must be last. It is important to check what each light produces before you set up the next one so then you know which flashes to turn off and which ones to keep on.
There are several types of lighting that you can use to get different effects on a models face such as broad lighting and short lighting which includes frontal, side, back and 3/4 lighting.
The different broad lighting includes:
Frontal Lighting- Full lighting of the face side that is turned to the camera.
Three Quarter Lighting- The light source is set up close next to the camera so that the light is turned to the camera side of the face. The shadow is then minimised because it is appearing on the narrow side of the face.
The different short lighting includes:
Three Quarter Lighting- The key light is set up to illuminate the side of the face turned aside from the camera. Minimising of the illuminated side of the face visually narrows the face.
Side Light- Partial illumination of the face side turned to the camera. A short light makes it more dramatic as it has more shadow on the face and can also make the face look slightly thinner.
Excellent/proficient research into lighting.
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