(photography) a
profile portraiture
technique which utilizes
Rembrandt lighting, in which one side of the face is lit, while the other half is
left in
shadow. When doing a
profile shot, this is accomplished by
lighting the face from one side and then
shooting it from the
shadow side. This
style of
lighting is called "
Rembrandt" because he used it in many of his paintings. You say, "There again is the `Rembrandt
Profile.'"
- Studying Data Assimilation (9 July 64) (photography) a
profile portraiture
technique which utilizes
Rembrandt lighting, in which one side of the face is lit, while the other half is
left in
shadow. When doing a
profile shot, this is accomplished by
lighting the face from one side and then
shooting it from the
shadow side. This
style of
lighting is called "
Rembrandt" because he used it in many of his paintings. See also
Rembrandt in this glossary. You say, "There again is the `Rembrandt
Profile.' "
the name of a
profile portraiture
technique using
Rembrandt lighting one
plane of the side of the face is fully
illuminated and another
plane of the same side is in
shadow, creating a mysterious and dramatic
effect. This
style of
lighting is called "
Rembrandt" because he used it in many of his paintings. You say, "There again is the `Rembrandt
Profile.'"
- Studying Data Assimilation (9 July 64) the name of a
profile portraiture
technique using
Rembrandt lighting one
plane of the side of the face is fully
illuminated and another
plane of the same side is in
shadow, creating a mysterious and dramatic
effect. This
style of
lighting is called "
Rembrandt" because he used it in many of his paintings.