You probably know “Loki” the fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. You’ve seen Loki in the Thor and Avengers movies but we’re not here to talk about Thor’s Thor’s arch-nemeses.
The “Low Key” we are talking about are photographs with sexy deep black areas and sensual bright highlights. Photographs carefully lit to bring out the edges of shapes and objects.
Low-key photography consisting of shooting dark-colored scenes, and emphasizing specific areas in the frame via natural or artificial lighting.
The result is a mysterious atmosphere, that only suggests various shapes, often being very graphic and dramatic. Old masters paintings in the Renaissance period such as Carvaggio, often used this dramatic lighting producing scenes with dramatic lighting from deep dark black shadows to bright areas. Think: a candle lit area in an other wise dark room.
Low key photographs can be achieved by a variety of methods in the field, studio and enhanced through skillful post-processing. The key to low key is deep shadows with plenty of light on the highlighted areas you want to emphasis. Low photographs generally have a predominance of dark areas.
The term “low key” is used in cinematography and photography to refer to any scene with a high lighting ratio, especially if there is a predominance of shadowy areas. It tends to heighten the sense of alienation felt by the viewer, hence is commonly used in film noir and horror genres. In film, low-key lighting is associated with German Expressionism and later film noir.
In the studio one can carefully arrange the light source to only hit the areas you want to light, everything else falls to black. In the field one method is to use speed-lights to overpower the sun, throwing the background into black. The newest iPhones have an app that fakes this effect.
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Decorating with Black and White Photographs
Photography is the visual language of the modern age. Photography is how we express what can’t be express with only mere words. Contemporary residences and semi-minimalist trends are altering the way we look at adorning our walls with prints. Decorating with black and white photography is more popular than ever.
“Black-and-white photography is classic and artsy. It conveys intelligence” – One Kings Lane senior buyer Stephen Haskell, Senior Buyer at One Kings Lane.
See more black and white photographer here – https://edward-fielding.pixels.com/art/black+and+white