Comments on: How to Achieve Perfect Butterfly Lighting http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kaitlin http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-247498 kaitlin Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:59:15 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-247498 these photos are soooooo cute these photos are soooooo cute

]]> By: kaitlin http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-247496 kaitlin Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:57:07 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-247496 i am kaitlin i am 9 years old i can draw manga a chibi a horse and a dog i am a artist and this website i thought it would teach you how to draw it doesent it just is photos ok lame i am kaitlin i am 9 years old i can draw manga a chibi a horse and a dog i am a artist and this website i thought it would teach you how to draw it doesent it just is photos ok lame

]]> By: alvin http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-244632 alvin Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:28:28 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-244632 wow! what a discussion... wow! what a discussion…

]]> By: Chris http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-224890 Chris Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:45:27 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-224890 Christina, you are awesome! I love your posts - keep them coming! Christina, you are awesome! I love your posts – keep them coming!

]]> By: CJ Standish http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-222832 CJ Standish Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:23:28 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-222832 Butterfly lighting if done correctly does not need to be restricted to only those with perfect skin. What one needs to remember is any time you have light raking across skin, the bumps - or wrinkles - are going to create shadows on the other side of the bump. So then you want it as head-on as you can get away with. That is, where there will still be some shadows visible - giving the face contour, so it looks spherical and not "flat." "Flat lighting" is not complimentary, either. The up-high key light is to create shadows, reflector fills in the weird shadows. Notice how there is a glare on the guy's forehead, then the light falls off on down toward his chin. That is not flattering. Thukral's is a more flattering portrait, but it is still not "butterfly" - the glamourous - lighting. There is no butterfly there. Look at Dietrich photos and compare to bothportraits above. (www.marlene.com) The light fall-off on Dietrich is around-about her oval face, not at bottom.Photog. also points the light at her nose, not glaring down from her forehead nor head-on. That is what creates the "butterfly" shadow. The "fill" has given her a soft creamy-textured skin but it is not so much as to fill in all contour. David, you've never seen photos of Marlene Dietrich? I'm surprised! Butterfly lighting if done correctly does not need to be restricted to only those with perfect skin. What one needs to remember is any time you have light raking across skin, the bumps – or wrinkles – are going to create shadows on the other side of the bump. So then you want it as head-on as you can get away with. That is, where there will still be some shadows visible – giving the face contour, so it looks spherical and not “flat.” “Flat lighting” is not complimentary, either.

The up-high key light is to create shadows, reflector fills in the weird shadows. Notice how there is a glare on the guy’s forehead, then the light falls off on down toward his chin. That is not flattering. Thukral’s is a more flattering portrait, but it is still not “butterfly” – the glamourous – lighting. There is no butterfly there. Look at Dietrich photos and compare to bothportraits above. (www.marlene.com) The light fall-off on Dietrich is around-about her oval face, not at bottom.Photog. also points the light at her nose, not glaring down from her forehead nor head-on. That is what creates the “butterfly” shadow. The “fill” has given her a soft creamy-textured skin but it is not so much as to fill in all contour.

David, you’ve never seen photos of Marlene Dietrich? I’m surprised!

]]> By: Hefjar http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-221933 Hefjar Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:55:49 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-221933 I dont know what you dont like about this. You say it is bad but it is good. I went to yor website, and ther are just as good as this! Cannot understand what the is problem here! I dont know what you dont like about this. You say it is bad but it is good. I went to yor website, and ther are just as good as this! Cannot understand what the is problem here!

]]> By: David Langley http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-221642 David Langley Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:29:34 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-221642 I stand my ground, AGAIN. That post is getting close to a year old and I shutter to think how many times it has been studied and taken seriously. The description is confusing, the lighting explanation reeks of bad lighting technique, the picture doesn't match the description and for the life of me I can't understand why the author doesn't come forward and fix it or retract it. The idiot that thinks I'm trying to come off as a "big photographer" can kiss my butt! I know who I am, where I have been, and feel perfectly comfortable in responding to an internet posting that is confusing, gives miss information and worst of all, is still out there. Your non-shrinking flower, Dave I stand my ground, AGAIN. That post is getting close to a year old and I shutter to think how many times it has been studied and taken seriously. The description is confusing, the lighting explanation reeks of bad lighting technique, the picture doesn’t match the description and for the life of me I can’t understand why the author doesn’t come forward and fix it or retract it.
The idiot that thinks I’m trying to come off as a “big photographer” can kiss my butt! I know who I am, where I have been, and feel perfectly comfortable in responding to an internet posting that is confusing, gives miss information and worst of all, is still out there.
Your non-shrinking flower, Dave

]]> By: Hefjar http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-221623 Hefjar Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:25:15 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-221623 @David You are not a very nice man, You say things that are unkind about article very good! @David You are not a very nice man, You say things that are unkind about article very good!

]]> By: Alex Franklin http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-201817 Alex Franklin Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:01:28 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-201817 @david : 50 yrs of commercial photography and u havent heard the term 'butterfly lighting' ??? sorry , does that mean it is not there ... nope , it means u dont know about it . and BTW your post offers nothing constructive to the DPS users . it looks like your main aim is to show off that u r a big photographer by criticizing and insulting the author ... i am just amazed that with this attitude u have lasted 50 years in taking photographs ... If u cant criticize constructively u might as well shut up :) @david : 50 yrs of commercial photography and u havent heard the term ‘butterfly lighting’ ??? sorry , does that mean it is not there … nope , it means u dont know about it . and BTW your post offers nothing constructive to the DPS users . it looks like your main aim is to show off that u r a big photographer by criticizing and insulting the author … i am just amazed that with this attitude u have lasted 50 years in taking photographs … If u cant criticize constructively u might as well shut up :)

]]> By: jackie http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-perfect-butterfly-lighting/comment-page-1#comment-136553 jackie Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:11:12 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=9946#comment-136553 i agree that we are quite visual since we are photogs:-) and need more. i'm not criticising, just confused... i guess i am confused by 2 things: 1) the article mentions creating a shadow on the chin to make it more flattering, but then states the reflector will lighten it up. 2) nice round catchlights... i'd love to know how to create those - but i do not see how this set up creates that. help! thx! i agree that we are quite visual since we are photogs:-) and need more.
i’m not criticising, just confused…
i guess i am confused by 2 things:
1) the article mentions creating a shadow on the chin to make it more flattering, but then states the reflector will lighten it up.
2) nice round catchlights… i’d love to know how to create those – but i do not see how this set up creates that.
help!
thx!

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