High key lighting is a type of lighting style used in film, television, and photography which aims to reduce the lighting ratio that is present in the scene. Lighting ratio in photography refers to the comparison of the key light and the fill light. The higher the lighting ratio the higher the contrast of the image the lower the ratio the lower the contrast of the image.
This is an example of highkey lighting because the subject is little the lights look like they have been placed above the subject with shadows on his shoulders and also under his nose and on his chin.
This is another example of highkey lighting here you can see the there is more light on the left side of the subject while there is shadow on her neck.
This is a basic diagram of a set up for highkey lighting you have your key light and your fill light with your subject facing towards the camera.
Low-key lighting is also a style of lighting for film, television and photography the lighting ratio is low making the images low contrast so they are darker then highkey lighting images. Traditional photographic lighting uses a key light, fill light and back light for illumination. When shooting low-key lighting images they often use only one key light controlled with a fill light or reflector.
This is an image of low-key lighting here you can see parts of the subjects face are darkened while other parts of her face and lit by the light.
This is another example of low-key lighting see you can see that the background is completely black while the subjects face has been lit up by the light.
This is a basic set up for low-key lighting you have a dark background with the key light next to your subject and a reflector on the other side with the subject positioned in the centre of the frame looking directly at the camera.
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In this image you can see that highkey lighting was used with more lighting ratio the higher the contrast the image is. You can see how the light has lit up the subjects hair and also made her face correctly exposed. You can see that there are two lights that have been used which would be the key light and the fill light.
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In this image you can see that lowkey lighting was used because the lighting ratio is low making the contrast of the image low and look dark. Here you can see that the edges on the right side of the images are dark, there are also shadows on the right side of the white object. There is also light falling from the top of her head.
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This is an example of Fiona Pardingtons still life lowkey lighting photography here you can see that the image is very dark with means low lighting ratio has been used I like how the lighting lights up the objects in this image for some reason the egg really stands out.
This is an example of highkey lighting here you can see that the lights have softened the shadows the light is also coming from above as you can see the light on the objects head also the shadow on the neck.
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This is an example of high key lighting with the lighting ratio high allowing for a higher contrast image
This is an example of lowkey lighting where the lighting ratio is low allowing for a darker image.
Yvonne Todd is a New Zealand contemporary photographer known for her manipulation of conventional photographic techniques and genres. Yvonne Todd was born in 1973 she completed a bachelors of fine arts at Elam School of fine arts in 2001.
In this image you can see that lowkey lighting was used because the lighting ratio is low making the contrast of the image low and look dark. Here you can see that the edges on the right side of the images are dark, there are also shadows on the right side of the white object. There is also light falling from the top of her head.
Fiona Pardington is a New Zealand contemporary photographer she was born in Devonport, Auckland. Pardington is of Maori (Ngai-Tahu, Kati Mamoe, and Ngati-Kahungunu descent) and Scottish (Clan Cameron of Erracht) descent. Fiona Pardington lives and works in Auckland and has had jobs as a lecturer, tutor, assessor, and moderator on many photography design and fine arts programmes. She has had a prolific exhibition programme both domestically and internationally.
This is an example of Fiona Pardingtons still life lowkey lighting photography here you can see that the image is very dark with means low lighting ratio has been used I like how the lighting lights up the objects in this image for some reason the egg really stands out.
This is an example of highkey lighting here you can see that the lights have softened the shadows the light is also coming from above as you can see the light on the objects head also the shadow on the neck.
Shigeyuki Kihara is a contemporary artist she was the first new zealander to hold a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Mesuem of art work in New York. Kiharas self portrait images included nudes doing poses that that portrayed colonial images of polynesian woman as sexual objects. Kihara is Samoan and her father was Japanese.
This is an example of high key lighting with the lighting ratio high allowing for a higher contrast image
This is an example of lowkey lighting where the lighting ratio is low allowing for a darker image.
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