@kt8ird You want me to reveal all my secrets? OK then: Mitzi was standing on a pale cream tiled floor and she had her back to the glazed door; the back-lighting left her face underexposed by about 1.5 stops. I corrected the exposure for her face which all but blew out the tiled backdrop leaving only the tile joints which I edited out in PS CC.
She is adorable and you have done a great job. In some ways it reminds me of the close up of Two. Bravo for Mitzi for being so good. Now this is high-key Right! Sort of what I wanted to do but no sunshine so I settled for white on white. Plus I haven't figured out that metering on one part of the picture. Still so much to learn.
@frankhymus I'm rather taken with this Frank - this was taken as a test shot of a Sony 1" sensor compact at 1600 ISO, effectively 2 stops under-exposed... I'm somewhat blown away by the quality of the image in the circumstances. Can't do any more at the moment as it's gone off to Santa!
I am such a sucker for great portraits of fluffy white dogs (as an owner of one). After reading (and sort of) understanding your explanation, I am even more impressed. Very lovely.
@joansmor Change the metering mode on your D90 to "Spot Metering" and that should get you started. Or "center weighted" emphasizing the area around the focus point, but taking into account the rest of the frame a little too. Good luck.
@frankhymus I will check that out thanks. I've played but I think the problem is I don't look to see the difference for different places. As usual (and my mentor here will agree) I don't often take time enough to set up a shot. Especially right now when I am tired from all the work I am doing. But I will check this out and maybe play with it on my lunch break. That is a time I can play with my camera. Sending an email to my work right now so I remember. THANKS
I'm so sorry I'm late getting back to you for get-pushed this week. I've browsed your photos and I must say you are very very talented. :) For this week I'll give you the prompt of "odd one out". I'll give you the choice on if the odd one is a natural occurrence or if you want to ETSOOI of the odd one :) If that doesn't work for you, I'll think of something else.
@ithinkithunk Thanks for your kind comments Kristen. Odd one out, huh! That would be me normally, but I don't think you'd let me get away with a selfie, so I'll have to put my thinking cap on.
Wonderful white on white. I am trying to learn how to do that, but no luck yet. Any advice? I have a white Bichon Frise that looks so much like your mitzi. FAV
@miata2u Hi Peggy - people often think Mitzi is a Bichon Frisé but in fact she's a Coton de Tuléar - a breed originally from Madagascar, bred for hunting would you believe.
I'm no expert on 'white on white' or 'high-key' images but the secret, as you can guess is in the lighting. I would say that white on white is the most difficult to do well as it requires you to balance carefully the light that falls on the different parts of your subject. You can find lots of help on the internet - you might start with this basic tutorial http://learnmyshot.com/how-to-photograph-white-still-life-on-white-background/
For a high key shot you are looking to expose for the highlight areas of your subject (rather than exposing for the shadows) pictured against a white background which should be lit so that is is over-exposed by a couple of stops. Try this tutorial for starters - http://digital-photography-school.com/4-tips-perfect-white-background-high-key-photography/ Hope you find this helpful.
Gorgeous on white!
Those eyes are mesmerizing!
I'm so sorry I'm late getting back to you for get-pushed this week. I've browsed your photos and I must say you are very very talented. :) For this week I'll give you the prompt of "odd one out". I'll give you the choice on if the odd one is a natural occurrence or if you want to ETSOOI of the odd one :) If that doesn't work for you, I'll think of something else.
I'm no expert on 'white on white' or 'high-key' images but the secret, as you can guess is in the lighting. I would say that white on white is the most difficult to do well as it requires you to balance carefully the light that falls on the different parts of your subject. You can find lots of help on the internet - you might start with this basic tutorial http://learnmyshot.com/how-to-photograph-white-still-life-on-white-background/
For a high key shot you are looking to expose for the highlight areas of your subject (rather than exposing for the shadows) pictured against a white background which should be lit so that is is over-exposed by a couple of stops. Try this tutorial for starters - http://digital-photography-school.com/4-tips-perfect-white-background-high-key-photography/ Hope you find this helpful.