WK 7 CAMERA USE HIGH KEY LIGHTING
High Key lighting
High-key lighting simply refers to images that are mostly bright, with a range of light tones and whites and not very many blacks or mid-tones. In high-key photography, tones that generally would have been mid-range become much brighter, near-white tones become white and white becomes, well, white.
High key is bright, soft, low-contrast imaging. This virtually eliminates shadows from subtle form and a lot of small detail, all that's left is strong details and outlines of forms. The eyes, bottom of the nose, and lips can all stand out. It's usually strongly illuminated from behind, too, whether through backlighting or a bright solid white backdrop.
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High key lighting
Today we went to the studio to shoot the following images of the beautiful Sepa.But before that we learnt how to setup different lights.We used the key light to photograph Sepa.The key light is the dominant light in the scene. It sets the mood, provides direction, shows dimension and texture, and creates the darkest shadows. Image 1- the key light was placed on the right side thats why we can see shadows on the left side of Sepas face.Image 2 Maia held a white reflector on the left side,Sepas face lit up,you can see shadows on her neck.Image 3 we moved the key light closer to Sepas face as you can see here we can see more texture on her skin,closer the light source becomes softer, because this light strikes the subject from a broader range of angles.On the other hand, moving a light closer also makes her face brighter.Image 4 we used a reflector theres no more shadows on her left side but can be seen under her neck.
(image1)f/5.6, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 55mm focal length
( image3) f/6.3, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 55mm focal length
(image4) f/6.3, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 55mm focal length
High Key lighting
We used the following lights to capture the following images:
The Key Light – This is the main light used on the subject.
The Fill Light – The purpose of this light is to fill in the shadows created by the key light, preventing them from getting too dark.
f/8, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 69mm focal length
Theirs a shadow inbetween Temas face from n the keylight and fill light,this technique is normally used on athletes making them look powerful and brings out definition of an athletes image.In this image we used 2 large softboxes about 3 feet away from the background and slightly behind the subject. This setup created some great highlights along the edges of the subject and that shadow running down inbetween Temas face.Using a light meter to provide measurement of the exposure.
f/11, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 69mm focal length
Using the same technique but increased the aperture by two stops,the lighting really shows Temas facial expression and brings out her expression in depth because of the shadows.Using camera raw i changed to HSL grayscale increased the exposure,contrast and clarity,i also decreased the exposure.
f/11, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 69mm focal length 
f/11, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 69mm focal length 
f/11, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 69mm focal length
f/11, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 20mm focal length
In this image the key light was used,the fill light was switched off thats why theirs shadows on the Williams right side of his face.
f/11, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 20mm focal length
Using the same technique as above i changed the image to black and white in camera raw and increased the contrast and exposure.
f/11, shutter 1/25sec, ISO 100, 135mm focal length
This was the setup in the studio.What I learn from this is that you're definitely going to want to shoot at 100-200 ISO in a bright environment with a f-stop that's high enough to give you a really bright scene. Using a f/11 or higher if you're not aiming for a blurry background.My ISO 100 and shutter speed was 125 sec just changing my aperture value accordingly.
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