When the Colors Fade

by Lucinda Walter

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When the Colors Fade

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Lucinda Walter

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Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Fine Art

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When the Colors Fade by Lucinda Walter. This minimalism work uses High Key treatment. The photograph was taken Minnesota during autumn. I decided to use this high key effect to give this image a totally different feel and look instead of the normal autumm colors.
A high-key image consists primarily of light tones, without dark shadows. A photograph or painting so composed features a diminished tonal range of primarily whites and light grays. High key as a term used in describing paintings or photographs is related to but not the same as high-key lighting in cinema or photography. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_key

High Key Photography
High key photography uses unnaturally bright lighting to blow out most or all harsh shadows in an image. High key methods were originally developed as a solution to screens that couldn￿t properly display high contrast ratios, but has developed into more of a stylistic choice.

High key images usually convey a positive or upbeat tone. This method is perfect for a subject that is funny, lighthearted or beautiful.
You see high key used regularly for model photography, flowers and other subjects that are relatively feminine in nature. Another area perfect for high key is product photography. Practically speaking, the bright nature of the photo really highlights the product and can make for some great attention-grabbing contrast. Psychologically speaking, a product shown on white tends to suggest that it is high quality or upscale in nature
http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/lighting/beginners-guide-to-shooting-high-key/




High Key

So how do you get the high key look? You￿re going to need a lot of light. Studio lighting will come in handy when shooting high key but not everyone has the capacity to get the light sources since they can be a bad investment if you￿re not making a living out of photography. Fortunately, there is a common light source that can be used in high key lighting, the sun.

Using the sun as a light source, the easiest way is to use it as a backlight and expose using the subject. Keep in mind to expose the subject, so don￿t use the pre setup metering of you camera. Spot metering will work in this setup.On the other hand, if you have strobes available getting the background white is the major step in high key lighting. You￿re going to need a white background and a couple of strobes to make it pure white. Make sure that you control the spill from the background light though. Once the background is set, you can add the key light. This is obviously going to be a couple of stops below the background light. A light meter can be handy in situation involving multiple light sources but you can do without by trial and error. If you￿re going to use more strobes, remember to adjust the power relative to the key and background light. Just a reminder, before doing all of these, it￿s preferable that you have your camera￿s aperture set. Changing the aperture after setting up the lights will change the amount of light entering your camera and this means you have to adjust your strobes output again. http://photographicblog.com/introduction-to-high-and-low-key-photography/



High-key lighting is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. This was originally done partly for technological reasons, since early film and television did not deal well with high contrast ratios, but now is used to suggest an upbeat mood. It is often used in sitcoms and comedies. High-key lighting is usually quite homogeneous and free from dark shadows. The terminology comes from the key light (main light).[citation needed]

In the 1950s and 1960s, high-key lighting was achieved through multiple light sources lighting a scene￿usually using three fixtures per person (left, right, and central) ￿which resulted in a uniform lighting pattern with very little modeling. Nowadays, multiple hot light sources are substituted by much more efficient fluorescent soft lights which provide a similar effect.

The advantage to high-key lighting is that it doesn't require adjustment for each scene which allows the production to complete the shooting in hours instead of days. The primary drawback is that high-key lighting fails to add meaning or drama by lighting certain parts more prominently than others.

Most recently, shows with bigger budgets moved away from high-key lighting by using lighting set-ups different from the standard three-point lighting. Part of the reason for this is the advent of new lighting fixtures which are easier to use and quicker to set up. Another reason is the growing sophistication of the audience for TV programs and the need to differentiate.

The term "high-key" has found its way from cinema into more widespread usage, for example referring to an event that requires much organization or is subject to a great deal of publicity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-key_lighting

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