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In which situation would a photographer most likely use butterfly, or paramount, lighting?

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Butterfly lighting is used for portraits it’s a light pattern that flatters almost everybody’s making it one of the most common Lighting setups butterfly Lighting was used to photograph some of the most famous stars from classic Hollywood and that’s why he’s also called Paramount Lighting
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