High Key Lighting - Image Bank

This was taken with the camera in landscape position, which is uncommon for a high key studio shoot. The background was likely overexposed by one stop, as it is fully whited out. The subject has some very light highlights on their skin and has little hard shadows coming from their body.

This is different to the previous image, in that it has been shot in colour. This means there are more shadows shown than in the other image; this may have incorporated a fill light to fill in some of the shadows.

 The image above is an example of extremely high key lighting. The lighting has removed a lot of details on her coat, as well as softening the features of her face. Since her coat is white, a lot of it has blurred together with the white background.

This is another example of a high key black and white image. Despite being black and white, you can still see the high key lighting has softened her features and create a very tonally light image.

This has made use of more than one light, as you can see soft light hitting the sides of her face, which , unlike some high key portraits, doesn't white out all of her features. There is also a lack of shadows altogether, as light has been applied evenly to the front and sides of her face.