Week 8: Butterfly and rim research

Butterfly lighting is lighting that is positioned above the subject giving a butterfly effect under the subjects nose and also there chin and on the subjects neck. 



In this image you can see that the lights are above the subject allowing for a butterfly affect under the subjects nose.


Another example of butterfly lighting with the subjects cheek bones giving a butterfly affect aswel as the shadow under her chin

Rim lighting is lighting that typically comes from behind or beside your subject with the edges of the subject lit up. 


Here you can see that the subjects in this image have been lit by rim lighting only the edge of there bodies have been lit.


This is a diagram of a setup for rim lighting


Here you can see only the the edges of the subject has been lit up.