LOOP LIGHTING CLOSE-UP PORTRAIT — TIGHT HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS CROP, face fills 65% of the frame. A key light is positioned at 45 degrees horizontally and slightly above her eye line. This creates a distinct small LOOP-SHAPED NOSE SHADOW on her cheek — a narrow elongated shadow cast from her nose onto the cheek, but the shadow does NOT touch the shadow-side of her face (this is what separates loop from Rembrandt). The shadow forms a small clear 'loop' on one cheek. The other cheek is in gentle shadow. Background is dark and blurred. Close tight portrait framing — we only see her face and top of her shoulders.
LOOP LIGHTING CLOSE-UP PORTRAIT — TIGHT HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS CROP, face fills 65% of the frame. A key light is positioned at 45 degrees horizontally and slightly above her eye line. This creates a distinct small LOOP-SHAPED NOSE SHADOW on her cheek — a narrow elongated shadow cast from her nose onto the cheek, but the shadow does NOT touch the shadow-side of her face (this is what separates loop from Rembrandt). The shadow forms a small clear 'loop' on one cheek. The other cheek is in gentle shadow. Background is dark and blurred. Close tight portrait framing — we only see her face and top of her shoulders.
Loop Lighting
Key light at 45 degrees creates a small loop-shaped shadow from the nose onto the cheek. The most common portrait lighting.
When to use
The safest, most common portrait lighting — works on almost any face without being dramatic. Use when you want a professional but flexible portrait.
Pro tips
- •Prompt "loop lighting, key at 45 degrees, small loop nose shadow on cheek"
- •Close-up portrait framing is required to see the loop — "face fills frame, head and shoulders only"
- •The nose shadow must NOT touch the shadow-side cheek — if it does, you've crossed into Rembrandt
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