Speedliter’s Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites

Chapter 17. Lighting Portraits Classically

ONE MORE TIME AROUND THE LIGHTING COMPASS 227

BROAD LIGHTING 228

DMV LIGHTING 229

ON THE NOSE LIGHTING 230

BUTTERFLY/PARAMOUNT LIGHTING 231

COPY LIGHTING 232

SHORT LIGHTING 233

LOOP LIGHTING 234

REMBRANDT LIGHTING 235

SPLIT & HATCHET LIGHTING 236

HORROR LIGHTING 237

Figure 17.1. Eight lighting styles created with a single Speedlite. Top row: Broad, DMV, On The Nose, and Short. Bottom row: Loop, Rembrandt, Split, and Horror.

The Short Version

I’m an impulsive photographer. I craft light to fit my vision—a vision that is often fine-tuned during the shoot. I don’t always think in terms of the classic ...