1. My Classic lighting style is butterfly lighting.
2. The purpose of butterfly lighting is to highlight the sharp structures of people's faces, extenuating the contour and high/low points of their features. Used commonly throughout Hollywood Portraits of actors, the butterfly lighting technique is also often referred to as a method of glamour lighting. It is done by placing a light source above the subject in the direction their face is pointing.
3. Set it up above the subject facing down towards them.
2. The purpose of butterfly lighting is to highlight the sharp structures of people's faces, extenuating the contour and high/low points of their features. Used commonly throughout Hollywood Portraits of actors, the butterfly lighting technique is also often referred to as a method of glamour lighting. It is done by placing a light source above the subject in the direction their face is pointing.
3. Set it up above the subject facing down towards them.