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What are catchlights and why do you need them in your portrait?

What are catchlights and why do you need them in your portrait?

by Julian | Nov 6, 2014 | CORPORATE, FOR CLIENTS, PORTRAITS

One of my client recently asked me why there were lights in his eyes from the proofs gallery I’d sent him to select his headshot from. “They are called catchlights,” I told him. “Without them you look dead.” As you can see, the photo on the right has had the...

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