Chapter 16 Lighting Applications 337
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One-Light Design
For close shots, a single soft source can
deliver satisfactory lighting—especially when
paired with a reflector for additional fill fl light. fi
The subject should be close enough to the
background so that the light spill can model it.
Keep the lighting unit low to simulate window
light, and place it at about 8:30 on the clock
so that it “wraps around” the subject’s face
(Figure 16-8).
Two-Light Design
A second softlight provides a more
versatile fill source. With this design, it
often helps to place key and fill lights at
the heights you would use for three-point
lighting. With two lights, you can move
the fill around as far as three o’clock,
Figure 16-9.
Alternately, you may wish to continue to use the
reflector for fill, and bring up the background with
the second light.
Three-Light Design
A third light gives you better control
over both fi ll and background, fi Figure 16-10.
Studying the light plan in Figure 16-10,
note that:
• The subject’s distance from the
background permits the two to be lit
separately.
• The fi ll light is about three times as far as fi
the key light from the subject.
• The background light is far enough to
the side so that the hot spot created
by the near edge of its beam and the
overlapping key light spill (indicated
in red) is outside the frame (indicated
in black).
Figure 16-8. One-light design.
Plan Elevation Effect
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Figure 16-9. Two-light design.
Plan Elevation Effect
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