Butterfly lighting is a common, glamorous form of lighting. The main light is centered above the subject and fires down onto the face creating a shadow pattern under the nose that looks a little like butterfly wings. This is often enhanced with reflector fill or even an umbrella placed under the lens to put light up into the lower part of the eyes as well as under the nose and chin. This type of lighting usually has a hard shadow edge that is quite simple to produce. It comes from using a small light source such as a flash head without umbrella, soft box, or other diffusion device. It is the size of the light source that controls the character of the light on your subject.
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