Types of Lighting

Types Of Lighting

Lighting:

Key Lighting; This is the brightest and most influential.
The Back Light; This helps counteract the effect of key lighting and creates a silhouette.
Filler Light; This type of light helps to soften the harsh shadows that the use of both key and back light create.

Lighting Source
Top Lighting; This is when the main source of light is coming from above the subject, high lighting facial features.
Back Lighting; This is when the main light source is coming from behind the subject.
Low and High Key Lighting
High Key Lighting is created when most types of lighting is used.
Under Lighting; This is when the main source of light is coming from below the subject.

Low Key Lighting is created by using only key and back lighting.