Techniques: Low Key Lighting: Image Bank -

High Key Lighting - 

Defintions:

• Low Key Lighting: A style of lighting which contains predominantly dark tones and colours. 
• Chiaroscuro Effect: The treatment of light and shade in art. 
• Key Light: Main light used in the shot; usually a fill light.
• Fill Light: Fills in the shadows of the image.
• Back Light: Lighting behind the subject aimed towards the model to raise the subject away from the backdrop.
• Colour Gel: A transparent colour filter placed over lights. 

Layout:
 

Skills:

• Set up the key light with light diffuser, fill lights with diffusion sock and back lights with two colour gels. 

Examples:

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