How to light butterfly light?

butterfly lighting Symmetrical lighting, commonly known as butterfly light, is a special lighting method in portrait photography.

In a sense, butterfly light is an oblique top light, a front light or a forward light.

The method of lighting is more suitable for Westerners and people with clear bones.

The usual lighting method of butterfly light is that the main light source is above the optical axis of the lens, that is, when the subject is photographed Directly in front of the person's face, projected onto the person's face in a 45° direction from top to bottom, projecting a shadow under the nose, like a butterfly shape, giving the person's face a certain sense of hierarchy.

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