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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robert Mitchell" data-source="post: 100407" data-attributes="member: 11282">Hi Geoff,Catch lights are the reflection of any light source that can be seen or picked up but the curved, reflective part of the eye. For eery light source there is a catch light. In the case of the Peter Hurley lighting setup (shown below), there are 4 distinct lights that create a large opening for the lens to shoot through and surround the subject in very soft, diffused light, very much light beauty lighting.If you're shooting men or want to adjust contrast you can just dial down one side or the side and bottom a little and you add contrast and a bit of shadow. If you're shooting someone that is slightly heavy and you can't do in-camera slimming then adjusting the lights will get that done, but keep in mind that in the case of a commercial head shot, the casting director needs to see if a person is heavy and to see the shape of the face, unlike other modeling whether lighting can slim a persons face by letting one side go to shadow.If you're creating more standard portraits then this isn't the lighting setup to use. It's too flat and doesn't offer the directionality and contrast of portrait lighting.One very nice thing about this type of lighting is that your subject can turn off to either side and be very playful without concerning themselves with the direction of the main light source.<img src="http://robertmitchellphotography.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v79/p1337234756-5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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