Using lighting effects for portraits and night-for-day transformations. Part two - portrait lighting.

Portrait lighting

border=0 /><BR></div> </p> <p> To add mood lighting to portraits, it’s possible to create a high-key lighting effect, but in this case we’ll take a fairly flatly lit portrait shot and add some more dramatic coloured lighting. This technique also simulates a rim-light, used to accent the model from behind. </p> <p> <h2>Adding mood lighting</h2> </p> <p> <div class=inlineimage><img src=

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