Your First High Key Portrait Session | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

What is a high-key portrait? Does it have to have a pure white background? Do the shadows need to be washed out? Can you keep a splash of color or must it have muted tones? The answer to all of the above is the same… It’s up to you. High key like its opposite style (low key) isn’t a set of rules and as photographer Gavin Hoey explains, there’s more than one way to achieve the look. But as a general guide, a high portrait will have a mostly light range of tones though out. Starting with the classic pure white background, Gavin shows you why getting it right is a two (or more) light setup. He then goes on to add some very simple styling in the form of white fabric over his model. That one prop helps to push the image even further toward the high key look with a light but detailed portrait. Next Gavin switches to a more challenging style of high key, one where he keeps detail in the highlights and opens up the shadows. Once again it’s a surprisingly simple two-light set-up that does the trick and as Gavin shows, it minimizes the need for Lightroom or Photoshop post-processing. Your First High Key Portrait Session 0:00 Intro 1:03 Preparing for high key portraits 1:43 White background looks grey 2:35 Lighting a pure white background 5:08 Pure white background photo session 6:30 Lighting an almost white background 7:24 Open up shadows with a fill light 8:47 High key near white portrait session 10:03 Conclusions and Subscribe SUBSCRIBE AND BE PART OF THE ADORAMA FAMILY: ➥ https://www.youtube.com/user/adoramaTV __________________________________ Be the first to shop our great deals and sales by signing up for emails from Adorama! https://www.adorama.com/MyAccount/Login?&NextPage=/nspc/MyAccount __________________________________ ✘ PRODUCTS USED: Olympus E-M1 Mark III http://www.adorama.com/iomem1m3.html Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro http://www.adorama.com/iom1240b.html Lexar Professional 1667x 64GB SDXC UHS-II/U3 Memory Card https://www.adorama.com/ilxsd64g1667.html Flashpoint XPLOR 300 Pro https://www.adorama.com/fplfx300ptb.html Flashpoint eVOLV 200 Pro https://www.adorama.com/fplfev200pk1.html Glow ParaPop 28" http://www.adorama.com/glsbsm28pp.html Flashpoint R2 Pro Transmitter https://www.adorama.com/fprrr2proo.html Kupo 20" Master Raiser C-Stand https://www.adorama.com/kuks703712.html Manfrotto 5x6' Collapsible Reversible Background, Black/White https://www.adorama.com/lsc56bw.html Flashpoint 10’ C-Stand and Grip Arm https://www.adorama.com/fplsc.html Glow S2 Round Flash S-type Bowens Mount Bracket https://www.adorama.com/glbdsm02pro.html Tether Tools Pro 16' USB 2.0 Active Extension Cable https://www.adorama.com/ttcu1917.html Tether Tools AeroTab https://www.adorama.com/ttatl4.html Sekonic L-308 Flash Meter https://www.adorama.com/sksk401305.html Sekonic L-308 Red Cover https://www.adorama.com/sk401332.html #beginnerphotography #portraitphotography #adorama __________________________________ ❐ LET'S GET SOCIAL ❏ ➥ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/adorama/ ➥ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/adorama/ ➥ Twitter https://twitter.com/adorama ➥ Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/adoramaxp ➥ Adorama Music https://www.youtube.com/adoramamusic ❐ MORE ADORAMA ❏ ➥ Shop https://www.adorama.com/ ➥ Blog https://www.adorama.com/alc/ ➥ Live Events https://www.adorama.com/g/42-live ➥ Create No Matter What https://www.adorama.com/g/create-no-matter-what ➥ Podcast https://www.adorama.com/g/adorama-podcast# __________________________________ Follow Gavin on https://www.instagram.com/thegavinhoey Model: Chloe Kerley https://www.instagram.com/chloemkerley __________________________________ THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!