Okay, I borrowed a baby today to play with high key lighting. Needless to say, I have a LONG way to go. I needed to light the backdrop more than I did, so it ended up gray. I got some cute images, unfortunately, I'm disappointed in my lighting. I'm glad this wasn't a paying session. Any CC would be appreciated.
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I think it is super cute! The trick with hi-key is to have your back drop a good whole step brighter than your subject. And to place your subject in front of the back lights. Meter your light all the way across the back to make sure that the lighting is even. Try it again. :)
Ruth and Cindy, excuse my ignorance :) but what is 'hi-key' lighting? I don't do much (any) studio work (yet) but winter is hard to schedule because of the weather and I want to at least be able to go inside on a rainy day!
high key is the white lighting white images - my background SHOULD have been white! HA, I'll have to practice more. My problem is I have to move furniture to do it, so I'm not very motivated.
I usually like two strobes on the background, one on each side and then the normal two light for the subject. I use Nikon speedlights for my strobes, so I usually put it 2 EV higher. Another trick if you don't get the lighting just right is to fudge it in Photoshop. I use a magnetic lasso and select the subject that I want to stay the same then I go to select inverse and do a levels adjustment layer until the background it the way I want it, then I erase or clone in around the edges of the subject to get it right.
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