Studio Lighting

Continuous Lighting

Continuous lighting is lighting that’s always on. Its used mostly in cinematography and videography, photographers also use it to determine how the shot will come out.

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Flash Lighting

Flash lighting is where the lights flash (1/200 to 1/1000 of a second) when the photographer takes a photo. You can use a flash to get rid of shadows from your photo. You can also use flash and a slow shutter speed when photographing a moving subject.

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Key Light is the primary source of light in a scene. The Key light is most often placed in front of your subject, at an angle, and thus illuminates one section of your subject.

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Key light would be the lightest part of the image

Reflected light is light that reflects off the subject. Regardless of the light source, light is altered by whatever it reflects off.

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Backlight photography emphasizes the depth behind the subject and gives images a greater sense of place. Backlighting can produce a dramatic contrast between the subject and the background.

The power and simplicity of backlighting - Photofocus

the light in this photo is coming from behind the subject giving the illusion of the subject being a silhouette.

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