90° Side Lighting - This type of side lighting is mainly used for highlighting the texture of the subject especially in architecture photography and other similar objects having repetitive designs and structures. For people photography, this form of lighting is highly recommended for glamour photography for men. It is however, not suitable for glamour photography involving women. The strong side lighting effect will not produce flattering images of women when shot using this type of light as can be seen in the 90° side lighting photo. Backlighting - this is considered the most creative lighting effect for any subject, especially on portraiture. Portrait shot using backlighting will have the halo effect on the hair. Use it on other subjects like buildings, street signs, automobiles, close-ups or still-life, and they will all have that touch of sparkle that makes the pictures more vivid, compared to using front lighting. While all the sample photos shown above are shot using sunlight as the main light source for all four lighting effects, they can be substituted with artificial light sources as well. 45° and 90° side lighting are the most commonly used of lighting effects with studio strobes for commercial, glamour or still-life photography. Even if your subject is photographed using tungsten lighting, other non-daylight balanced light sources or available light, both types of side lighting effects can also be achieved. The difference will be your subject having an artificial colour cast on them due to the non-daylight sources used. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 .