What is 3 Point Lighting?
Shooting portraits by using studio flashlights is an exciting experience, particularly when you are using more than one light. From time immemorial, photographers are using this ‘3-point ’ lighting for their portrait work. This is nothing but using three studio flashlights for Portrait Photography . If you are using two lights, then it becomes two-point lighting and four lights it is four-point lighting. Three-point lighting set up is the most popular kind of lighting for studio and location portraits for any purpose. Why do we need three-point lighting? Using three lights and shooting in a 3 point lighting set-up will give you the advantage of showing the person with a good three-dimensional effect including the details of the shadow areas and the details of the background . Three Point Lighting: · Key Light · Fill Light · Back Light / Background Light Key Light Well, the first light is known as the ‘ Key light ’ – the main light wh