Single studio light setup photography (5 lighting patterns)

Опубликовано: 18 Июль 2026
на канале: John Tisbury
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Using a single studio light setup and show you 5 different lighting patterns. We discuss and show the characteristics of those patterns and what they are good for.

I spend a lot of my time in the studio using just the one light. So I thought it would be useful to walk you through the 5 most common setups for a single light.

These 5 lighting patterns are:
• Flat lighting
• Butterfly lighting
• Loop lighting
• Rembrandt lighting
• Split lighting

To make it easier for you to see the differences between each pattern on the video we’re going to use a hard light source to emphasise the contrast between the highlight to shadow areas on Charley’s face. So bare that in-mind. These patterns work equally well with softer diffused light as well as adding bounces and reflectors to soften the shadows.

With thanks to Charley Green who was the model for this video.

Lighting equipment used in this video:
ARRI 650 watt tungsten fresnel lens

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