Do you get amazed looking at all those silky straight hair on the print ads of popular shampoos? Do you envy those models who seem to have hair to kill for? Well don’t! because what you see not always true. Those silky shiny hair are not naturally glamorous and shiny. The sole credit goes to lighting techniques. The right kind of lighting can make some of the ugliest and dull things in the world look glamorous and beautiful. Mind it all those actresses also that you see in print advertisements, flaunting charming hair is also thanks to lighting.

The light that is used to highlight hair is call as the Hair light. A Hair light is generally a hard light which is either thrown from the side of the subject or at an angle of 120 degrees to the line of subject and camera in order to give a three dimensional look and also to highlight hair on both the sides.

If you see the pictures on your left and right, you can see that the first picture has been taken with a hair light and second one without it. The first picture with the hair light gives a very glamorous look and adds a lot of shine to the hair. On the other hand the second picture makes the hair look dull and boring. Of course, using shampoo like MOP Glisten Shampoo, will also add glamour and vibrancy to hair. Nevertheless, a hair light is perfect for use in portraits to give them larger than life, stylish and glamorous look. A hair light can also be used as a back light and the effect can also be achieved by using a reflector and reflecting existing light on to the hair.