Two point lighting is the most versatile lighting design for shooting fashion or beauty on the street. Having a back light elevates the pictures to a more polished state. Take a look at any CSI tv show or 24 etc and freeze frame as you go. You will see two point lighting on just about every scene if not every shot.
Two point lighting in photography
The two point light principle is simplicity itself with the subject being lit from two opposing directions with the light sources are 180 degrees apart.
The crucial concept to understand when using 2 point lighting is that the light sources point directly towards each other and the subject is placed between the two.
Examples of 2 point lighting in photography:
In this you can see 3 images that were arranged and taken with the 2 point lighting technique which is used to make a subject standout to the background, which is usually more darker and shadowed.
My two point lighting images:
For these 4 images, I used 2 point lighting setup to make the model standout in the headshot. I believe it is a very effective way of portrait photography because it shows most of the detail of the models face without casting many shadows. After choosing the images I wanted to use, I used lightroom to edit them by changing features such as the exposure and clarity. Out of these 4 images my favourite is the one at the bottom left because I think the orange t-shirt stands out really well in front of the grey background and has a very good effect.