#30 - High Key - Congrats Denise (DDT0725)

[Mark Elberson]

Hey guys. I hope I didn't offend anyone. I should have explained what high key instead of just saying what it wasn't :-)

Here's a quote from: Master Lighting Guide, by Christopher Grey:

"Many people think that high-key lighting means overexposure, but that's not the case…"high key" simply means that the vast majority of tones in the image are above middle gray including any shadows. Excluding specular highlights, such as catchlights, there usually is detail in even the brightest areas."

Every book on lighting that I have read describes high key in this fashion.

Based on: "Excluding specular highlights, such as catchlights, there usually is detail in even the brightest areas."

Andy killed it!