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