What type of lighting is often used when taking portraits of people?

overhead lighting
front lighting
backlighting
side lighting

I believe the answer would be overhead lighting. Side lighting cast shadows on the subject's face, and back lighting forms a silhouette that darkens the person's features. At first I thought that the answer was front lighting, but I took the FLVS exam with the very same question, and front lighting was incorrect. So the logical answer is overhead lighting. Hope this helps!

I'd say front lighting but, I am only an amature photagrapher and I don't do portraits much.

Explanation:

there are the initial camera costs, with each camera running about $1,000, but the storage costs are where the real expense comes in. according to a recent time article online, nearly a third of the 18,000 state and local police departments in the u.s. are purchasing body-cameras for their officers.