Black and White Lighting Effect like Beatles Picture

[DebS]

Hi there,
I came across a thread a month or more ago that described how to get the effect of the Beatles picture that shows half their face in the light and the other half darker. Probably not describing this well enough here.. But now that I want to try it I can't find the thread anymore. Thought it would be cool to do with my 4 kids. Can anyone help?

[DoTTGaMMa]

Always before you post about something like this you should provide an example image of what you mean so we can assist you further,
Can you find an example for us on Google Images or some other photo sharing site??

[DebS]

Thanks. This is the picture that was in the thread, I believe.

[Hoogle]

If you have not done it in the actual photo setup with shadows you can easily mimic it by duplicating the layer set 1 copy of a high exposure and 1 copy of a dark exposure apply a layer mask to the top copy and paint using a black brush where you want to reveal the other exposure.