LOW KEY AND HIGH KEY PHOTOGRAPHY€¦ · Low Key Photography Control the environment •Have all...
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LOW KEY AND HIGH KEY
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bill BettsSeptember 6, 2017
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Low Key Photography
A style where the main elements are darkness and negative space.
Excellent way to create a certain mood or to use contrast to highlight a subject
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Low Key Photography
Can be accomplished in:
• A studio
• Outdoors
• Indoors
• Post processing
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Low Key Photography
Control the environment
• Have all light hit the backdrop at an angle.
• Low power on the flash or other light source.
• Too much can create unwanted shadows
• Extraneous light sources
• Shoot in interior rooms, lights off behind any doors, etc.
• Control wanted shadows
• Features of subjects such as shadows around eyes, nose, mouth, etc.
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Studio Low Key
Lower power on the flash.Can generate shadows on background.
Keep subject and background as far apart as possible.
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Low Key Photography
ISO 20035mm macrof1915 secAvailable light
ISO 20035mm macrof9.51/10 secFlash 1/16th pwr
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Studio Low Key
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Indoor Low Key
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Outdoor/Arena Low Key
Image Info:Shot on a Fujifilm X301/400F 3.6ISO 3200© Brian Orlovich
When the performers moved to the front of the stage, it put me directly behind the performer where he was back lit and allowed the performers to have a nice rim light.
I converted the image to B&W, adjusted the contrast, burned in some areas that I wanted to be completely black and removed some exit sign lighting with spot removal.
- Brian Orlovich
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Outdoor/Arena Low Key
Image Info:Shot on a Fujifilm X301/400F 3.6ISO 3200© Brian Orlovich
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Outdoor/Arena Low Key
Image Info:Shot on a Fujifilm X301/400F 3.6ISO 3200© Brian Orlovich
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Outdoor/Arena Low Key
Image Info:Shot on a Fujifilm X301/400F 3.6ISO 3200© Brian Orlovich
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High Key Photography
A style where the main elements are mid-tone greys through bright whites and negative space.
The use of bright light to eliminate shadow and reduce the contrasts in the picture
Light featureless backgrounds
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High Key PhotographyControl the environment
• Have all light hit the backdrop at an angle.
• High power on the flash or other light source.
• Reduce contrast
• Eliminate shadows on the background
• Lights hitting backdrop from different angles can change shade of back drop
• White
• Studio shots need the correct “shade” of white on all reflectors and backgrounds
• Control wanted shadows on subject
• Example: shadows around eyes, nose, mouth, etc.
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Studio High Key
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Studio High Key
Key light from rightFill light from aboveKey light 1/16th pwrFill light ¼ pwr
Key light from rightFill light from leftKey light 1/16th pwrFill light 1/8th pwr
ISO 20035mm macroF81/10th sec
ISO 20040mm macroF131/10th sec
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Studio High Key
This was a mistake. The flash and camera weren’t set up and this is out of the camera
This is everything set, complete with shadow…
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Studio High Key
Fill light above Fill light to left
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Post-Processing High Key
Image Info: © Susan Bates
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Outdoor High Key
Image Info:© Jeff Armstrong
… boosted the exposure, did likewise with the highlights & whites and added some clarity & vibrance.
… did some brush work on certain elements in the photos to make them standout.
Like for the cowboy, after all other adjustments were done I darkened his face a bit make it standout.
- Jeff Armstrong
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Outdoor High Key
Image Info:© Jeff Armstrong
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Outdoor High Key
Image Info:© Jeff Armstrong
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Setting Up An Inexpensive Studio
Materials
• 40”x32” Sheets of black or white matte
• Sheets of fabric or paper in desired shad of white
• Borrow two electronic flashes from Allen Baxter w/remotes
Equipment
• Tabletop lightbox for small things
• Notebook – record settings and locations of flash, anything that is not embedded in the photo metadata
• Borrow two electronic flashes from Allen Baxter w/remotes
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Links to On-line High/Low Key Photography
• The Complete Beginners Guide to Shooting High Key-Photos
• The Complete Beginners Guide to Shooting Low Key Photos
• Shutterstoppers High Key Photography with Natural Light
• DIY Photography Lighting High and Low Key Photography
• DPS High Key Photography
• DPS Low Key Photography
• Light Stalking - High Key Tutorials