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12/17/2005 06:20:11 PM · #1 |
| I have a question for you professionals out there. When I create a hi-key photo, must the lightest areas still have color information in them? If I go over the lightest areas and look in the info palette, do I have to have a value of under 255? Or is this not necessary for hi-key photos. I am in a discussion with a friend of mine at the moment and he says that there must still be a value of under 255 for the lightest areas. It doesn't matter for hi-key does it? Can't I blow out the whites? |
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12/17/2005 06:23:39 PM · #2 |
No, even in high key photos, you don't want to blow the highlights. The subject should have proper exposure.
Message edited by author 2005-12-17 18:24:26.
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12/17/2005 06:25:39 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
No, even in high key photos, you don't want to blow the highlights. The subject should have proper exposure. |
Nooo, really? So I am losing a crate of beer on this one? |
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12/17/2005 06:26:14 PM · #4 |
Depends on what look you going for. I do it either way. Look at teh beauty section of my site for examples.
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12/17/2005 06:28:02 PM · #5 |
Well, if it's a crate of beer you're losing, I'll say yes ... lol ..
But, no, you don't want to blow the highlights on the model/subject. High key is more of a technique of lighting the background with bright light, but your subject should still have proper exposure.
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12/17/2005 07:05:52 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Well, if it's a crate of beer you're losing, I'll say yes ... lol ..
But, no, you don't want to blow the highlights on the model/subject. High key is more of a technique of lighting the background with bright light, but your subject should still have proper exposure. |
Okay you get a bottle, but only one!
So this photo fpr example. The color information is lost on the background, the hands and on the nose. I see it still as a hi-key image. Just because I have gone out of the boundaries of color information makes it an unacceptable photo, or what?
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12/17/2005 08:12:57 PM · #7 |
| I love that photo. I find hi-key stuff very appealing, and I've seen a lot of high-fashion photography lately that completely blows out the highlights. I just hate the whole idea of "rules"...I think if you are into very hi-key, then play with it. |
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12/17/2005 08:27:23 PM · #8 |
I really don't know anything about how to do a high key photo. This one was done in PS. I took several printed and framed images to a trade show; paid $10 for a booth and this photograph sold for $50.00. I sold a couple more but not for that price. Atleast I made a profit.
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12/17/2005 09:16:12 PM · #9 |
I'd say, for what it's worth, that you've either gone too far or not far enough there, Gary.
Isn't there a pretty famous shot of Marilyn where all you can really make out are eyes, mouth and nostrils? Now that works by blowing highlights. What bugs me with the shot you posted is the highlights on the hand going into the background - simply because there isn't enough of that elsewhere: it feels like a mistake, rather than a decision.
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12/19/2005 12:25:09 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by kiwiness:
[quote=fotomann_forever] Well, if it's a crate of beer you're losing, I'll say yes ... lol ..
But, no, you don't want to blow the highlights on the model/subject. High key is more of a technique of lighting the background with bright light, but your subject should still have proper exposure. |
Okay you get a bottle, but only one!
So this photo fpr example. The color information is lost on the background, the hands and on the nose. I see it still as a hi-key image. Just because I have gone out of the boundaries of color information makes it an unacceptable photo, or what?
It looks high key enough for me. You could always clone a little bit of the tone back into the blown areas if you wanted.
Message edited by author 2005-12-19 00:26:13.
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