Lighting Interviews (page 2)
When Lighting Interviews Use the Rim Light Wisely
With interview lighting where they are sitting across from each other you replace the rim light with another key light and cross each key light over each person, thereby creating both a rim light and a key light with the same light. All you need to do is add one fill in front of the set and just like our example above; a twofer! (see figure 2). In this scenario, each key light also performs two functions. While working as a main light for one person, it's acting like a rim light for the other, and the fill light from above the camera covers both people.
The great thing about these two lighting systems are their minimal footprints; there's only three lights, and two of them are exactly the same! It can't get much simpler than this and that's the key to successful lighting: Keep It Simple!
Terry O'Rourke specializes in retail advertising photography and videography for clients world wide.
