This week the challenge is learning more about Exposure and showing a few examples. When using your camera, the amount of exposure is determined by how much light passes through the lens. Exposure levels can also be determined in post editing using software such as Photoshop or Lightroom or the editing software in an iPhone.
The picture below was edited using Photoshop and bumping the exposure slide up to give the image an ethereal look. The second one looks more like the image in the camera. Is there one look you prefer over the other?
This is another example of how an original image can be converted into a high key picture in post editing.
This picture turned out to be high key in the camera since only a small amount of light passed through the lens. It was taken in a restaurant when we were seated outside in a covered area; the exposure was 1/4 of a second and the focus point was on the outside light which washed most of the details inside.
This is another high key image in camera, in this case the aperture was f/22 at 1/4 of a second and ISO was 1250. Even though this was a taken at noon on a bright sunny day, the camera settings only allowed a small amount of light to reach the sensor. As a side note, the dark shape laying on the bank is one of our residence alligators. You can click on the picture to see him better. 😉
Another in camera high key picture taken with my iPhone when the exposure was adjusted down to -.3 and shutter speed at 1/77 a second.
Thanks goes to Sofia for inspiring me to revisit a few pictures and learn more about high key photography.
I would like to end with another one of my favorite quotes:
“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine they see all day.” – Catherine Pulsifer