Rembrant Lighting

It is a common technique that is used in studio portrait photography. It can be achieved using one light or one light and a reflector.

Reflector = Fill light












Rembrant is a popular technique because it can create images with considered lighting by using a minimum of equipment. Rembrandt lighting is characterised by an illuminated triangle the eye of the subject, on the less illuminated side of the face. It is named after the Dutch painter Rembrant, who often used this type of lighting.
Set up:

 As you can see from this portrait of Cara Delevingne on the right side of her face there is the Rembrant triangle underneath her eye. This is a clear example of the popular technique.