Light Basics And Vocabulary

Part 1
Butterfly (paramount)
What effect does it create? a nice shadow under the nose
Why use it? considered beauty shots to kind of keep it to cover neck
How many lights or light sources? 2 light source 1 to reflect


Loop
What effect does it create? highlights one side and shadow on the other
Why use it? It looks different and unique
How many lights or sources?


Rembrandt
what effect does it create?It creates a shadow on the opposite side creates small triangle
Why use it?
How many lights or light sources?


Split
strong highlight side
dramatic shows a split look


Broad and Short
What effect does this create? more of the face is lit
Why use it? More dramatic than loot
How many lights or sources? fluid motion between three light setups

Part 2
Fill Light- a supplementary light used in photography or filming that does not change the character of the main light and is used chiefly to lighten shadows.

Key Light-  may determine the character of the lighting like the mood 

Hair light- An Accent Light presumably limited to the top of the head. Sometimes only a Back Light with delusions of grandeur and fancy-colored gels

Background light- Reveals the character of the background and helps separate it from the subject.

Shadowless-The power of shadows is not in their potential to reveal as well as to conceal

Hard light-A relatively small, direct, usually focusable source, with or without lens, that produces strong High-lights and dark shadows. 

Soft light-Diffused, Bounced, indirect light

Grey card-reflectance card used instead of a subject for a Reflected Light Meter reading

Reflector- Many items that can be used as a reflector 

Diffuser-A Translucent material placed in front of a Light to soften Highlights and Shadows, reduce Contrast and increase Beam Angle.

Intensity (Strength, or how to set shutter speed and aperture's appropriate to portraits)
2:1 lighting ratio