This document discusses different lighting techniques for photography, including high key, low key, and fill lighting. High key lighting reduces shadows and midtones, creating a bright overall image. Low key lighting uses deep blacks and shadows to create a mysterious effect. Fill lighting can be used to reduce contrast by lightening shadows. The document recommends considering high key lighting for magazine covers to seem open and inviting, while low key lighting may work better for interior pages to convey mood. Proper lighting placement is also discussed, with the key light as the main light source, back light to highlight details, and fill light to reduce shadows.

1. Standard three point lighting
Highkey- thisisa formof lightingwhichreducesthe lightingratiopresentedinthe scene.The image
ismostlybrightand hasa range of lightcoloursandwhitesandlimitedblacksandmidtones. Itisan
artisticdecisionnowdayswhere asitusedto be because of bad technology
For my intentionsthislightingprobablywouldn’tbe best suited, the darkertonesandmidtonesare
more suitable formymagazine asthe artist will probablybe indarkerclothesandIwill use thisand
brightcoloursto have a stand outdetail howeverwe don’twantittobe to dark as thiscouldlook
bad and be an unsuccessful image. We mayneedtouse a mix of bothdependingonthe style of the
image
Low key – thisis the opposite of high key, itusesdeep black, darkertonesandveryfew whites.This
has a mysteriousanddramaticeffect(thiscouldbe the effect wanted).Howeverthese have higher
contrastswhichcouldlookunnatural.
Thiscouldbe useful dependingonthe imagesplannedforthe cover,contentpage andarticle.High
keymightbe betterfora coverso itseemsopenandinvitingandjusta lotmore cleanerandopen
howevertorepresentfeelingandgenre of the bandor artista highkeylightfor contentandarticle
may have a goodeffecttoshowthe drama andmystery, thiswill notedinfirstideas.
Fill light- thiscanbe usedto reduce contrast.Suchas makingshadowsseemlighterordarker,this
couldcause reactionsfromviewers.
Whentakingphotosdifferentlightingisusedonobjectsorpeople togain differenteffects,doing
some researchI foundwhatlightingcouldbe usedkeylight,backlightandfill light.The lightisput
at differentanglestohighlightorcreate shadow.
Object.
Camera
Back light
Keylight
Fill light
Keylighting- thisisthe mainlight.
Usuallythe strongestandhas the
maineffectonthe object/subject.It
isplacedina positionsothatit ison
one side andcasts a shadowonthe
other.
Fill light- thislightisadjacenttokey
lighthoweveronthe otherside of
the camera. Thisisn’ts brightand
has a softertone youcan simplydo
thisby movingitawayfrom the
subject
Back light- thisisplacedaroundthe
back of the subjectandisusedfor
highlightanddetail