Five Portrait Lighting Setups Every Shooter Should Know

Solid foundational content, but nothing here you haven't seen before. If you're onboarding a second shooter or explaining to a client why their headshots look flat, this is a clean reference to send. For working photographers, the only genuinely useful framing is JP Morgan's point that none of these patterns are rules — split lighting with a reflector dialled in at 20% fills is a different image than split at zero, and knowing that gap is where your lighting voice actually lives. The Aputure 120D mention is incidental, not a review. Skip if you're past your first year.