Indoor Portrait Photography 150W How many cameras are always on?

It depends on how you arrange the lights. The angle of indoor shed and the way of lighting are very important. The main ways of lighting are as follows.

Rembrandt lamp

Rembrandt lighting technology relies on strong side light to make the bright area of inverted triangle appear on any side of the subject's face. It can split the subject's face in two and make the two sides of the face look different. If you use uniform overall lighting, both sides of the subject's face will look the same.

Crocodile lamp (beauty lamp)

It is a special way to use light in portrait photography. Crocodile light is usually emitted from the middle of two soft boxes erected to shoot models. Generally suitable for shooting gentle and lovely women, because their eyes are special, so they are favored and imitated by many photographers and players. Crocodile light (high and low light) is a very good studio lighting based on butterfly light. Make the face of the character get soft and uniform illumination, and produce faint shadows on both sides of the cheek, so that the character has a three-dimensional effect. Two points should be paid attention to when shooting with crocodile light: first, add reflectors on both sides of the figure to reduce the light ratio and make the light transition more natural; Second, people should be located near the vertical intersection of two lamp planes.

Butterfly lamp

Butterfly lamp, in a sense, is an inclined ceiling lamp, a way of using light in front light or in front light.

The method of arranging lights is more suitable for westerners and people with clear bones.

The usual way of butterfly light distribution is that the main light source is above the optical axis of the lens, that is, right in front of the subject's face. It projects a butterfly-shaped shadow under the nose, which brings a certain sense of hierarchy to the face.

Butterfly light is mostly used to represent women. After this light hits the model's face, the most obvious sign is that it will produce a butterfly-like shadow under the nose.