High Key Lighting – a fun alternative
Written by Tandy Sean on November 11, 2009 – 5:57 pm -High key lighting isn’t too complicated but is a fun alternative to a standard portrait. Check out the photos from a recent shoot and find a lighting schematic after the jump.
My favorite opera star is the king of posing
lighting scheme for the shoot
High-key lighting does not mean over exposure, although most people don’t think so. High key simply means that the vast majority of tones in the image are above middle grey, including any shadows but exculding specular highlights such as catch lights. Working with high-key lighting requires a great degree of control over light placement as well as your camera equipment and it’s limitations.
A secret to high-key lighting is that every side visible to the camera is lit. There are no deep shadows. High-key lighting offers a timeless and classic feel to the image. They are quite popular in high end advertisements and fashion photography.
High Key lighting offers a great alternative to standard lighting for portraiture. It adds contrast, interest, and is fairly easy to do. The following shots were done with only one studio strobe, a large softbox and two reflectors on either side of the subject.
Charlie Posing
tom posing
Orlando posing
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