Low-key lighting
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Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting uses a key light, a fill ligh
Low-key lighting is often used in product advertising. This camera is lit by a soft box positioned above, with a white reflector to the front-left
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Low key photography portrait of a young man
High-key lighting
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High-key lighting is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. This was originally done partly for technological reasons, si
Low-key lighting
…strength of key-to-fill, known as the lighting ratio, can be measured using a light meter. Low key lighting has a higher lighting ratio, e.g., 8:1, than high-key lighting, which can approach 1:1. The term "low key" is also used in cinematography and photography to refer to any scene with a high lighting ratio, especially…
Example of a high-key photographic composition