In a message dated 9/5/2005 2:58:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Marnie, High-Key, normal, and Low-Key respectively refer to the tonal range of the print. High-Key is a print with very little dark area. Normal is, of course, a print with a full tonal range. and Low-Key is a print with very little light area. Properly done there should be some shadow detail in a high-key print (usually the eyes in high-key portraits), and some high-lights in a low-key print (again usually the catch-lights in the eyes in the case of portraits. So properly the prints really do have a full tonal range but the high-lights predominate in a high-key print, and the shadows predominate in a low-key print.
graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- ======= Thanks, graywolf. In a photography class I took once (yeah, that one) one of the students shot children in what I suppose was a high key manner. Not all the time, but some of the time. It often made for a very striking portrait. Nice to learn new terms, especially for things I've already seen. Marnie :-)
