DAY 4: PORTRAIT LIGHTING PATTERNS

     The discussion and demo about the lighting patterns wasn't too long because our professor let us devote the remaining time to try by ourselves the lighting patterns of portrait shots.
 
 These are four lighting pattern:

1. SPLIT
    The face here is split into two where the half is dark and overshadowed while the other is clear.

2. BUTTERFLY/PARAMOUNT/GLAMOUR
     You will know that it's a butterfly lighting if you find a shadow right under the model's nose.

3. LOOP
     It is a shot wherein the shadow is on the side of the model's face. The nose's shadow is slightly slanted but is not touching the shadow at the bottom part of the face.

4. REMBRANDT
     It is the type of lighting pattern which you can see the triangle on one cheek of the model because the shadow of the nose overlapped with the bottom shadow part of the face.

There are also Styles in the lighting patterns, here are they:

1. Short - Light is on the area that's not facing the camera. For example is the model poses a side view and her left cheek is facing the camera, the light will be toward her right right face to obtain the short style.

2. Broad - It is the opposite of the short style. If it will be broad, the light now will be on the left face of the model which is the same area that's facing the camera.

     Our professor also told us some tips. He said that if you want to look thinner, you should use the side lighting. Mostly it's for boys but it could also be a shot applicable for girls. He also showed us some pictures that really transformed the model. The transformation happen without the use of any editing software, it's just simply because of the angles and poses. A model (like what we deed) could spread her arms, move his/her lower body parts a bit backward, or lean to look thinner.

     Throughout the whole class hours, the lesson that I've learned the most is that photography isn't really easy for beginners. You just don't need to be good in taking shots, you have to know as well how to talk to people. You should know how to make your clients feel comfortable during photo shoots. Photography isn't just about having good photos of the nature or the macro thingies, it's also capturing different kinds of people.