Frontlighting Light shining on the side of the subject facing the camera.
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FRONTLIGHTING - Light illuminating the front of a subject - i.e. the side of the subject at which the camera is aimed.
Frontlighting is often found mid day. At that time, the sun is directly overhead and tends to hit objects in a rather direct manner.
Direction of Light: Side
Figure 11: Side Light ...
-As the camera is moved in an arc away from frontlighting, less light is reflected from the subject into the lens. Whenever the light source has a 90-degree relationship with the camera, the incident light on the subject is called side lighting.
Frontlighting spills over your shoulder and falls squarely on the front of your subject. Because frontlighting is very even, auto-exposure systems handle it well.
Frontlighting may be all right. Backlighting — or sidelighting — may be better. Camera angle — that is, height — is usually less important in this type of long shot.
Fill-In Light: Light added to the existing light by use of a lamp, flash or reflector.
Frontlighting: Light shining from the direction of the camera toward the subject.
Minimal frontlighting came from a Profoto beauty dish (D) and a second 7B lamphead/powerpack combo.
 See also: Subject, Lighting, Photograph, Camera, Light
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