My Get Pushed partner, David @thatkiwiguy asked me to do a high key image. It's interesting to Google a definition of High Key and then check out some of the High Key images. There seems to be a bit of a range of ideas as to what constitutes a high key image. I felt most at home with the graphical concept which used the histogram to show a breakdown of the shadows, midtones and highlights. And it conveniently allowed a little manipulation of the image to move the whole histogram to the right (as shown in the little composite graph)..... However, compared to a lot of the images shown on Google it still seems to have a lot of colour - so it may or may not meet the challenge set.
Hi David @thatkiwiguy - this has been most interesting and I don't really know if this is a Hi Key image according to some definitions - but I did like the idea of being able to use the histogram. Cheers Rob
@robz Good stuff. My theory on high key is "bright and white" so a solid hit with this one. Glad to hear this pushed you a little ... and got others thinking.
I've always considered high key to be pictures with a lot of light so that can apply both in color and black and white and that also matches the curve on your histogram. Good job!
@rosie00 Hi Lesley - I'll be interested to see your result - I found it a bit of a trial and error thing. I probably just need more experience! Thanks for your comment.
@golftragic Thanks Marnie - a lot of the images online had totally white backgrounds - so I was a bit unsure of this. It's nice to know you liked it. Many thanks Cheers Rob
Looks high key to me, too :)
Great idea to add the histogram.
I am only just starting to learn about their function and how to interpret them so I found this very useful.
@robz I will find out more. I am not sure whether high key is only achieved through changing settings of an image or whether you can take a high key photo with the camera???!!!
@rosie00 Oh - I was just mucking around - I'm pretty sure that's not what you're meant to do!! LOL Proper photographer (and I'm afraid that rules me out!!) use their cameras with appropriate settings - there's some good sites on Google if you just search How to take HiKey photos. I tried to copy the directions as well as possible but my camera is quite limited so I just played around with what it produced to make it a bit more High Key. I'm a total novice at photography and just like poking around with ideas.... Thanks for getting back to me and I hope Google can be helpful. Cheers Rob Z
@4rky Hi 4rky - it as actually really interesting to change the shadows, midtones, highlights and contrasts and see what happened. I had to do it as individual steps on my program - make the changes, save, close that section and then open again to see the new curve - yours might change it as you go - would be handy if it did. I love playing with the histograms - I find them to be very powerful tools. Thanks for your input. Cheers Rob
January 13th, 2019
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Great idea to add the histogram.
I am only just starting to learn about their function and how to interpret them so I found this very useful.