Tutorial: Three-point Lighting with Litepanels 1x1 LEDs

Doug Jenson of Vortex Media gives us a detailed tutorial on three-point lighting using Litepanel 1×1 LEDs:

The goal of three point lighting is to create the illusion of a three-dimensional subject in a two-dimensional image. While you can create dimension a number of different ways, there’s no doubt that using light and shadow is a powerful way to accomplish this, and three point lighting is the lighting technique most commonly used.

What are the three points of light we’re talking about?

• The Key Light – This is the main light used on your subject.


• The Fill Light – The purpose of this light is to fill in the shadows created by the key light, preventing them from getting too dark.


• The Back Light – This is used to separate the subject from the background.

Tutorial: Three-point Lighting with Litepanels 1x1 LEDs