Darren, I know what butterfly lighting is. I thought you meant two lights either side of her face. You are, I guess, actually referring to the key light placed high up and the fill light placed lower down and set 2 or so stops darker than the key. Yup, that does and would work.
My strip light is acting as sort-of both the high and low light at once, with the dictator mustache side-effect. I did notice that effect but I'm not bothered enough to consider the shot fatally flawed. You are, of course, free to do so. If my shots only serve as a negative example for others then I'm happy to provide the public service. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Two lights would actually cast two shadows either side of her nose, >> which is also pretty fatal. Plus it would spoil the nice contrasty >> fall-off I'm getting that so prominently carves her cheekbones. > > This is incorrect. Google "butterfly lighting". > This is what a nose shadow should look like when it is applied > http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-czWwmHHbbVk/UZU75l7sbBI/AAAAAAAAAMs/9N57h8u55Yc/s1600/butterfly+1.jpg > and (as you can see) you do not lose the cheekbone carving. > Note: this is a high contrast example to exaggerate the butterfly > lighting. The ratio of shadow to light can be changed with a reflector > underneath or other appropriately placed fill light. > > Butterfly lights should always be placed on either side of the line > formed from where the subject's nose is pointed. In my link above, > since the subject's nose is pointed towards the camera it would be on > either side of the lens to subject line. In your set up they would be > on either side of the line drawn outwards from where her nose is > pointed. It is the ALTITUDE of the lights that gives you the cheekbone > shadow (and also affects the dimension of the butterfly shadow. The > rule is that the shadow should not touch the upper lip, but it can be > much shallower if desired (like this: > http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c3/6b/f5/c36bf548a7845fbbda6dc445a49116da.jpg > ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
