It is one of the oldest portrait lighting techniques. The technique relates to the 17th Century painter & his technique of adding light to the side of the face in his paintings.
It is considered a dramatic lighting effect with half the face in shadow and the other half-it .
Photographers use Rembrandt lighting as it creates images to look dramatic and moody yet natural with the featuring dark and/or background behind the subject, putting the subject front and centre. It “predominately characterized” by a lit-up triangle underneath the subject’s eye on the less illuminated area of the face (fill side).
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/rembrandt-lighting-photography/
To achieve this: turn the subjects face away from the light source, making one side of the face lit and the other half in a shadow.
Setting up the Rembrandt Technique:
The single light source would be at a 40-45 degree angle & higher than the subject.
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