Loriann Overlin Have you heard that term before? Catchlights? Once you have them pointed out to you, you will never be able to ignore them again.

Catchlights are the lights that appear in your subjects eyes when you are using a flash or there is a natural light source in just the right spot to produce them. They are what make eyes come alive in portraiture and they are hardly ever accidental. 

As you can see in the close up of Loriann's eye, there are a couple of light sources that are quite obvious. On the left is a shoot thru umbrella and on the right is a square soft box. People don't usually notice these, but now that they have been pointed out to you, go look at some of the fashion shots of models in some of your favorite magazines. Getting those eyes to sparkle has a lot more to do with the photographer than you might have thought!

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