From the course: Portrait Photography: Ten Styles with One Light

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- I've been showing you a lot of methods for making dramatic pictures. For one thing, it's fun to do. For another thing, it gives you a varied portfolio. I think that you're going to quickly get the normal portrait looks under control. You're going to use the loop lighting and be less dramatic and that's great, and that's honestly what most of your portraits will be. But when you get the opportunity to spice it up, all these dramatic lighting setups are really going to come in handy. Take a look at this picture with Diane. In this case, we put the soft box very, very low on the ground, and she's curled up looking down into it. Perhaps, she's remembering something or she's maybe even mourning something. It feels like light skipping up off of a hardwood floor, or perhaps a bedside table lamp is illuminating her face here. It's a very moody and soulful kind of light. Contrast that with this very high light shining downward on Hillary. This is a very theatrical kind of light, and it's…

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