Loop lighting

What is Loop lighting?

Loop lighting is a lighting that creates circular shadow on the subject’s face right just under which should look like a loop hence the name. Photographers can achieve this by placing the key light at an 45 degree angle to one side of the subject and then raising the key light just above the subjects eye line.

Mood board:

Set up for Loop lighting

Own experiment of Loop lighting:

Experiment 1:

Editing process: for this picture, I desaturated the picture to -100 so that the picture would go black and white. I did this to create diversity and because I also liked how the picture looked in black and white.

Before (left) and After (right):

Experiment 2:

Editing process: For this picture I didn’t change it. I left the picture as it was because i thought that it looked great with colour and I also think that editing it would destroy that loop lighting that is evident in the picture.

Experiment 3:

Editing process: For this picture I desaturated the picture to -100 so that the picture would be black and white as I though that it would enhance that loop lighting that was slightly missing when the picture was in colour.

Before (left) and After (right):