lighting language

 half light w/ soft liner

 hard half light w/ catchlight

 3/4 front light

 half/side light w/ no fill

 high front light

 3/4 front light with gold backlight

 half light w/ fill & eye light

 front light

 3/4 backlight w/ soft catchlight

 3/4 backlight

 high front light w/ top backlight

 3/4 front light

  backlight w/ liner and 3/4 front fill

 3/4 front light

 silhouetted foreground, liner background

 3/4 backlight & shy half light on right

 low glow w/ blue liner

 silhouette

 hard liner w/ soft wrap 3/4 front

 hard 3/4 back w/ wrapping soft 3/4 front

 low 3/4 front

taken from: http://web.mac.com/angelodp1/USC/Lighting_language.html

*kicker - hotspots of light reflected off surfaces (faces, heads)

**glossary here: http://www.lowell.com/edu/glossary