According to Andreas Jorns, a famous photographer, rembrandt lighting is "a style that illuminates only one side of the face, but with some detail remaining in the shadowed side. It's signature is a triangular highlight under the eye." The use of heavy shadow on one side of the face creates sharp outlines on the cheek, as well as a greater sense of depth in the face. The use of a triangular space under the eye emphasizes the face's texture, and more specifically the face's plasticity. A light off to the side of the Camera at about a 45 degree angle 5 feet from the model makes the triangular space under the far eye which is the key to this lighting for the portrait