Constantine Makris: Separation & Rim Light

From American Cinematographer, Legal Eagle by Eric Rudolph (October 1998)

"I don't like to rim-light. We do it when we need to — for example, if we have [series star] Sam Waterston in a gray suit against a brown wall — but I prefer to separate the actors using the background. I try to light and shadow the background in an interesting way that will contrast with the actors. To me, that approach is more like a feature and less like 80 percent of television, where everyone seems to have a halo."

- Constantine Makris, ASC