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So what are lighting patterns? For me, lighting patterns are the design the light creates when it shines on your client’s faces. Each pattern has a different name.

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Erin Holmstead is a beauty and commercial portrait photographer, engaged member and organizer of the Cache Valley Photographers, and is crazy about fashion and beauty photography. She makes pictures with people her primary study (especially her kids), but she is excited to learn and share all kinds of photographic techniques.

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Not only that, but hopefully they help you start noticing these patterns all over. From magazine covers to posters to albums, elements of these patterns are everywhere in photography today.

Lighting can make or break your image especially when it comes to portraits. That’s why I think understanding lighting patterns is so important.

There are seven main lighting patterns: Split light, loop, Rembrandt, butterfly light (aka Paramount), broad, short light and rim light. These lighting patterns are easy to learn, and I hope these basic tips and tricks can help change how you see lighting.