High Key Photos

Our latest theme competition was High Key Photos.  High key is a lighting technique which produces images that are bright and not too contrasty. High key photos are characterized by the dominance bright tones and the lack, if not absence, of shadows. The histogram of a high key picture will be condensed on the right side (bright tones) but without losing too many details of highlights.  They usually have bright neutral backgrounds such as a white wall. To get this effect use diffused light, overexpose your image, concentrate on the interesting features of your subject when composing, find a bright neutral background, and do some post processing to get the best results.  Here are my experiments with high key.