Chat: "High Key" Weekend Comp 20th-22nd Jan

[TwinnieE]

Hope you can join in Clicking Girl.
The more the merrier!

TwinnieE

[DigiDiva]

Originally Posted by clickin girl

Ha! This is funny! I was just researching this today because I wanted to take a photo of my 8 year old son in High-Key! I have never done this before and it is something new and different I would like to try. Maybe I will join in!

Hi and welcome, nice to see a new face.

[Reinardina]

Originally Posted by clickin girl

Ha! This is funny! I was just researching this today because I wanted to take a photo of my 8 year old son in High-Key! I have never done this before and it is something new and different I would like to try. Maybe I will join in!

Do join in Clicking Girl; I weave in and out of the competition, and it's time I took leave again, so you can keep the numbers up!
(We're a good and happy bunch, hope you are used to the, mainly English humour.)

Originally Posted by highlandscenics

My Wife says the exact same thing about me....

Too much information Matthew!

[DigiDiva]

Can anyone explain the correct lighting set up for people unable to use a studio?

[kerbside]

Chris,

I followed this type of setup as shown below.

Camera was set as follows. .2sec or 1/5, f5.6, iso 100 with a +2 EV

[TwinnieE]

Hi Chris
I haven't got any fancy lighting so I'm gonna do
it in processing afterwards.

Basically a white image on a white background
with little contrast and shadow.

Good Luck
TwinnieE

[DigiDiva]

Originally Posted by kerbside

Chris,

I followed this type of setup as shown below.

Camera was set as follows. .2sec or 1/5, f5.6, iso 100 with a +2 EV

Thanks for that, useful for us all to know. Do you have/have use of a studio? II was more referring to our own little set ups at home. I have been lucky enough to learn about and do high/low key in studio, but at home is different. We won't all have the lighting that would reach anywhere near the power needed, nor the space or number of lights required.

I was more wondering how we cam set this up at home for best results. I (as TwinniE has mentiond), have done it before with a white background, +2 F stops and a little pp after. I'm hoping my new off camera flash will come in handy. Not used it yet and itching to try. It might be good for preventing shadows.

[wavemachine]

DD you don't need a studio to do high key, here is an example where my key light was the good old current bun (Sun).



Natural light can be used as a key light.

[DigiDiva]

Dave, thats a fab photo but I thought you needed to bounce some of the light from a white background for it high key.

[wavemachine]

Originally Posted by DigiDiva

Dave, thats a fab photo but I thought you needed to bounce some of the light from a white background for it high key.

Nope I didn't think it was see here although I stand to be corrected if I am wrong.