Alyson Jubert

Thank you! I've heard kicker, backlight and rim used almost interchangeably. It's good to hear a clear position explanation. It makes me think that my problem is with intensity. When I tried to do this, I walked the light in to make it stronger, but it ended up spreading all over the cheek of the subject. Too soft, even though it was a focused fresnel. I figured this is a problem with the apparent light source growing in size, making the source appear softer. Does the instrument have to be very intense and distant from the subject for this to work? Or very close and small? Still working out these basics, thanks for the help!

Hi. First time post. I couldn't find a perfect example this lighting effect, but I'm trying to achieve something like this: http://www.starpulse.com/news/media/angel.jpg The middle actor's right eye (almost dark) is the level of intensity I'd like to achieve between the highlight on the right side, and the soft light on the left. I'd like to know how that right side highlight is achieved and controlled. What does the quality/intensity/position have to be? What instrument would you use to achieve it? Any idea of what the ratio of the two lights would have to range? Thanks for the help!