High and Low Key Photography

High Key 
High key images are normally associated with happiness, therefore a lot of high key photography can be found in family and children portraits as well as a lot of product photography. 
High key is a lighting technique where images are bright and not too contrasted. High key photos have bright tones and a lack (or absence) of shadows.


It works well when shooting portraits, still life and product photos. In order to get a high key image you will need a soft box (or two, both pointing at your subject) and another two lights (soft boxes) facing the background to overexpose the back and this should create a high key portrait.

I set my camera on:
ISO-100
F.8
S (TV)- 1/125
Using two soft boxes lighting the back and two soft boxes to light the person.








Low Key
Low key is a image that has a subject that the lighting is focused on the subject and the background is dark/black.

ISO- 100
F 11
Shutter speed - 1/60


In this image i used a black backdrop and and one soft box on the left of the model to light her.

I used the same lighting on this however my camera setting were different that's why the background has tones of gray and then black.
ISO- 100
F 6.3
Shutter speed- 1/125













Mid Key
Mid key is an image that has gray tones in the background.


This image shows mid key as the background is gray however a white backdrop was used. I used two soft boxes in this image both at the front of the model pointing at her.
ISO- 100
F 7.1
Shutter speed- 1/125