A simple guide to lighting

Three Point Lighting:-

Back Light: The backlight is used to provide separation from your subject and the background.

Key Light: Primary light source. It provides a base light for your subject.

Fill Light: The Fill Light provides some fill into the shadow area of your subject to balance out contrast created by the Key Light.

Backlit Subjects:

-Cause: light source behind subject

-Effect: Silhouette or aura.

High Key Lighting:

-Cause: Fully-lit sources from all directions

-Effect: A bright, clear subject.

Low Key Lighting:

-Cause: fewer sources of light

-Effect: less area lit up, creates shadows.

Ambient Light:

-Cause: gentle lights, part of the set

-Effect: calm, warm, unobstructive, gentle lit subjects.

Hard Light:

-Cause: light source directly on subject

-Effect: strong bold images but also shadows, good for shooting villains.

Filters:

-Cause: filters fitted to lens(or altered in editing process) - gels

-Effects: alteration to colour of overall shot