EX166 Are blacks needed in high key artworks
During our last class we discussed what a high key image was. There are so many conflicting definitions around as to what makes a high key image. The best way is to consider a continuum with a while page on one end and a black one at the other, in the middle we pop a ‘correctly exposed’ image. High key doesn’t have to be white, but is at the brighter end of the spectrum. Low key is at the black and darker end.
In this weeks exercise we want to check what happens when put blacks in a high key image, and when we don’t.
Please create new photographs that are clearly over exposed and at the bright end of the spectrum.
Create two versions of the same image, one with pure black in it, and another with the tonal scale stopping well before black. Post both versions as independent images. So we can see them one after the other, rather than as a diptych.
Post six photographs, three that fall well short of black and three that you have bought the blacks up in.
We will consider the creative and design elements of both.
The next class is at 11 am on 7th February 2023. This will be the last session that starts at that time, and from the 14th onwards we will be starting at 9.30 am Sydney time, and will include the presentations as part of class. We will start with the presentation, followed by a 15 minute break, and then launch into the class. Both sessions will be recorded. We will be finished by mid day.
This means that we will no longer be having the mystery presentation in the evenings. And that will become part of the class.
In the examples bellow I have included screenshots of how I played with the black point. The black slider is the easiest, next is with the tone curve, you can lift the blacks by drawing the black point upwards on the left handside towards white.
