Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday! Sarah of Naptime Momtog and I will be bringing you a new challenge every week, to stretch your shooting and editing skills. A few weeks ago, Sarah shared a tutorial on how to do Low Key Photography. This week, she will be sharing the opposite: High Key Photography!
Unlike low key photography, high key photography’s goal is to avoid shadows. I never realized how much I enjoyed high key photography until I started looking at other high key images. My white dining room table really comes in handy…and considering how infrequently I have someone other than myself to photograph, I spend a lot of time photographing inanimate objects using this technique.
Be sure to click over to Sarah’s blog for some tips on shooting high key photography. In the meantime, I pulled a few of my favorite high key images taken over the past year.
One of the things I love most about using my white table (or white foam board if you don’t have a white table) is the reflection I’m able to capture. For product photography, I think it creates a lot of impact.
High key photography doesn’t always require super clean backgrounds. For this particular image, I placed my sunglasses on the window sill of my hotel room during a bachelorette weekend. The light pouring in gave the illusion that my glasses were glowing.
Here’s another example of product or food photography using a high key approach. In Sarah’s tutorial, she references a trick I used a few months ago to really make your background white white. In case you missed it, click HERE.
I don’t know if this particular shot completely counts, but I threw it in anyways. Every so often, I find myself taking photos in the bathroom. Unfortunately, I don’t always have adequate lighting so I supplement by using my speedlight. Actually, I have been known to bring out my speedlight at night when I realize I need a new photo for the next day. High key photography completely works with it because I don’t really want the shadows.
Finally, I remember taking this photo in a parking lot while waiting to meet Sarah for dinner. It might have been a tad bit overexposed, but I for purposes of high key photography – it totally works.
Ready to join in the fun? Here’s how to do it:
1. Read through today’s tutorial.
2. Choose your favorite shot (or more!) to share with us.
3. Don’t forget to grab the button for your post!
4. Link up between now and next Monday.
PS: If you have any photography or editing suggestions, please don’t hesitate to let Sarah or me know! We would love to feature your tutorial.
