3-Point Lighting

3-Point lighting is a lighting technique utilizing three lighting instruments; a Keylight, Backlight and Fill Light. The light sources are placed approximately in a placement representing the 3 corners of triange surrounding the subject (when referring to a diagram viewed from above). The Keylight is most often the brightest light source. The backlight only effects the back of the subject and the Fill light adds to dark areas to "fill" in shadowed areas.