Portrait skin and studio lighting · 144 presets
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Lighting Patterns is 144 presets. Below, Broad Short, Butterfly Beauty, Clamshell Fill, Hard Fresnel, Loop Standard, Rembrandt Key, Rim Separation, Split Light, 5 of them, each on the same four photographs. Drag any handle.
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The presets
No. 132Ninety Degreesplit shaping for a key at exactly ninety degrees, the by-the-book placement for this pattern
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man portrait ![Ninety Degree applied to portrait window]()
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portrait window ![Ninety Degree applied to mirror fit]()
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mirror fit ![Ninety Degree applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Ninety Degree. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 53Bounce Ratioclamshell shaping for a headshot session that must match a previous one shot at the same ratio
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man portrait ![Bounce Ratio applied to portrait window]()
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portrait window ![Bounce Ratio applied to mirror fit]()
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mirror fit ![Bounce Ratio applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Bounce Ratio. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 10Turn Awayshort-lit shaping for the same slight rotation the other way, matched so a pair of frames can sit side by side
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man portrait ![Turn Away applied to portrait window]()
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portrait window ![Turn Away applied to mirror fit]()
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mirror fit ![Turn Away applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Turn Away. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 31Brow Levelbutterfly shaping for a raised brow, keeping the forehead from running hotter than the rest of the face
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man portrait ![Brow Level applied to portrait window]()
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portrait window ![Brow Level applied to mirror fit]()
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mirror fit ![Brow Level applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Brow Level. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
No. 63Bare Headhard-source shaping for a stripped-down strobe with no modifier, the setup this collection is built around
![Bare Head applied to man portrait]()
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man portrait ![Bare Head applied to portrait window]()
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portrait window ![Bare Head applied to mirror fit]()
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mirror fit ![Bare Head applied to curtain light]()
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curtain light Drag the handle. Left is the original, right is Bare Head. Rendered from the preset's own settings, not a Lightroom export, so the real thing carries a little more bite.
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