Short Lighting
Short lighting is used quite regularly in the portraiture
studioasaflatteringtechniquetothinandshapeaface.As
the name suggests, the key light is placed so that it
illuminates the area of the face furthest away from the
camera(theshortest view of thesubject).The key light
shouldalwaysbeplacedabovethesitter’seyelevelforthe
mostflatteringshape.Youshouldbeseeingcatchlightsin
the top half of both the subject’s eyes.
Fig. 4.21
Short lighting image. Note that the key
light is positioned to illuminate the side
of the face furthest from the camera,