f/5.7 & 85mm & 1/1000secs & ISO 250
Usually, in order to get a relatively high-key photography, the exposure (EV) might have to be adjusted slightly to push the brightness up. Some processing using Photoshop to increase the contrast might also enhance the photo.
In order to avoide the picture looking too flat, there is a need to provide a focal point and it is also helpful to have small areas of darker tones to outline the distinct feature of the object captured.
For low-key photography, the histrogram would lean towards the left.
f/4.0 & 24mm & 1/1600secs & ISO 200
Similarly, the EV (exposure compensation) can be set to 1 stop lower to give a greater contrast. Low-key photos turn out better using a smaller aperature (large f-stop) as you have lesser light entering through the lens.
Composition of the picture is also very important when taking high/low-key photograph.
Without a proper composition, the photos might just look like over-exposed and under-exposed photos without any artistic value.
I experimented with a few other high-key photos.
f/6.3 & 24mm & 1/800secs & ISO 200
f/6.3 & 35mm & 1/1600secs & ISO 200
Both pictures above are taken at the St. Andrew Cathedral. It was actually quite a daunting task to keep the pictures appropriately exposed, to ensure that details of the objects are not lost, but yet at the same time, capture it fairly high key, keeping the colour tones toward the higher end point of the histogram.
f4.5 & 50mm & 1/40secs & ISO 640
Back home, I experimented with a piece of tissue paper too! The shadows were essential in bringing out the outline of the tissue paper.
I did another attempt at low-key photography too.
f/6.3 & 26mm & 1/160secs & ISO 200
This was shot at the stairways of the Asian Civilisation Museum. Quite a similar concept as my first low-key photo but this time round, I paid more attention to the details and ensure that it is not too under-exposed that lots of details (especially those on the railings) are lost.
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