How To Master Lighting In Midjourney V5
Amazing Lighting Effects Introduced In MidJourney V5
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Like my college photography professor always said:
“Master the lighting, and everything else will fall in place.”
With Midjourney V5’s next-level photo quality, new prompting approach, and higher native resolution, I wanted to share some new ways to control lighting in V5.
All of my prompts are written using natural language writing, but in the examples below, I bolded the text in the prompt so you can see the lighting emphasis clearly.
Portrait Lighting
The following are different lighting effects for portraits. I kept the composition simple to highlight the lighting effects.
photo portrait of a woman with bright natural sunlight and clear facial features using a 35mm lens
photo portrait of a woman in dim dark lighting shot with a 35mm lens
Adding color and texture to portraits makes for more dramatic photos. Photographers have always used lighting techniques such as red & blue lighting, high contrast, split lighting, backlighting, spot lighting, etc…
But when writing prompts in Midjourney, don’t use ‘photography’ terms like candlelight, split light, or flashlight… because Midjourney will interpret those as objects in your photo.
Instead, describe the composition using natural language writing.
Here are some examples…
a photo portrait of a woman turning forward with blue and red lighting and high saturation
a black and white photo portrait of a male model on the street with light behind him
a very bright photo of a woman model with dramatic lighting and white background
a high contrast very bright photo of a male model on the street
