shaping the face in a particularly
flattering way.
Image taken in the studio. Painted
black background, 1 Elinchrom BRXi
500, Octa 100cm softbox key light,
Nikon D2Xs and 24–70 lens.Fig. 4.22
Short lighting diagram, illustrating the positioning of
the lights to create this popular lighting effect.Split Lighting
Splitlightingisahardanddramaticlightingmostsuitedfor
strongmasculineportraits.Thetechniqueinvolvesonlyone
keylightplacedatapproximately 90 degreestothesubject