2. Rembrandt Light:
The shot of some peonies was made when the sun was about 45-degrees to the right of the flower and made this light. (Note where the shadows are.) The shadows will tell you the kind of light you are using. The studio Rembrandt Light was made with the light at a 45-degree angle from the camera position and above the camera as well.
3. Side Light:
Shooting a performance from the side is a great example of how to use a SIDE LIGHT. When you stand next to the stage, the lights are in front of the stage. But from the camera's position, they make a SIDE LIGHT.
4. Edge Light:
The EDGE LIGHT comes from 45 degrees behind the subject and lights just the edge of the face (hence the name). In this "natural" shot, the light was coming from just behind the subject as well, creating a nice highlight on the shoreline's edge.
5. Halo Light:
The HALO LIGHT is created by putting the light directly behind the subject and making the shadow of the subject fall on the camera lens. Often tricky to do in nature, this image was made with the sun just about directly behind these plants. I had to use my hat as a lens shade. Sometimes I use a black umbrella to shade my lens. You can often stand in the shadow of a tree or building and photograph your subject in the sun with the light behind it, thus creating a "halo."
6. Silhouette Light:
The definition of a silhouette is that the background is lit and not the subject. There should be no detail in the subject. In this natural silhouette, there was just a little spill-over from the background so that some detail on the faces can be seen. Otherwise, all the light came from behind the subjects.
In order to recognize these lightings as they occur naturally, as I said, you need to know what they look like in the studio. You can refer back to earlier blog articles in which they are explained in more detail (with diagrams of how I set them up in the studio), but knowing them will greatly improve your image-making!