Yeah, but to clarify further, each of the three have their opposites, for describing that you want the key light on the camera side of the line. Here they are again but in pairs. - Upstage and downstage - Short side and broad side - Far side and near side First two pairs ate much more well known than the third pair. Another thing I hear often to describe this technique is “shooting into the shadow”.
@@KalinSteenLove it! And you said it! There are so many ways to describe this style of lighting and whats great is that everyone has different entry points to this technique. I learned this concept in undergrad and at the time it was described to me as just Rembrandt lighting. Over the years I heard “upstage and downstage” “short side and far side” so they all have ways of thinking of this lighting and if I am being honest it was always confusing to me the terminology. SO I hope that this different naming and approach makes sense. I wanted to describe this lighting technique from the point of the subject and where they are looking (key side) so for me it makes sense and hopefully it does to others who watch this. Thanks so much for your insight man we gotta make this concept universal so that we all can know the many ways of making a “good image” 😊
Glad you liked it!! And it’s good to hear it was helpful :) there are so many ways to think about this technique so as long as one of them sticks with you I am happy 😊
Interesting technique! I learned about a technique called Rembrandt lighting recently - is this similar to that? It seemed like it said to keep the shadow side toward camera, but have enough light spilling over to add highlights on the cheek. Since then, Ive tried to put my light source on the opposite side I once had it. I used to think lighting had to always come from the "front"(ish). I think it really improved my work to have the shadow side facing the camera. :)
This technique is super similar to Rembrandt lighting! Its pretty much the same exact thing :) for me when I learned this the phrase “camera goes on the shadow side” still was confusing to me because if the camera is on the shadow side what does that mean about the light and the talent? So the framing and naming that I came up with “Key Vision” makes it easier for me to think of this concept since it’s kind of from the prospective of the talent and where they are looking. Once I understood that idea then it clicked “oh yeah the talent looks towards the light then the shadow side is where the camera goes” thats me talking to myself lol. So hope this made sense and thanks for always tuning into my videos and inspiring this one 😊
