Lighting on location – Office in daylight

Here we have a typical scene set in an office with our main subject sitting at a desk. The lighting in this scene can certainly be improved by balancing the light on the subject with that of the background.

This time we take a more traditional approach with a key light, fill light and back light as well.

The reason for working with 3 lights, as opposed to one, is that this gives use greater control over the lighting and the ability to create 3D modeling in a 2 dimensional space – in other words, to add shape to your subject through light.