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Key light
A studio light used to control the tonal level of the main area of the subject.
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Key Light (studio light)
The Key Light is the main and most important light that a photographer uses when setting lights in a studio. It's typically the strongest and brightest light source.
KEY LIGHT - Also called "main light." The principal source of light on a subject or a scene, usually in reference to a studio light.
Key Light, Main Light
The key may determine the character of the lighting, but often a strong Back Light for example, sets the Mood. The key should usually be Motivated by a source like the sun or a window.
Low Key Lighting In Art
Artists recognized the power of low key lighting long before photographers came around.
Key Light
This also known as the main light in the three-point lighting concept that is used for portrait photos.
12. key light - the principal light source illuminating a subject
13. lux - a measurement of illumination, the metric equivalent of a foot-candle
14. medium shot - for example, it photographing a person, this would be from the waist up ...
-Main light see Key light.
-Mask is an opaque material used to cover the edges of the printing paper, and thus produce borders when the paper is exposed to light.
Is the key light doing what you want? Would another light do a better job? Is there enough shadow detail? Is more or less fill light needed? Are there too many highlights and are they in the right places? Are the highlights too bright?
Cinematographers are almost certainly responsible for low-key lighting, too.
For Picture #3 We used one of my favorite high key lighting set-ups. The subject needed a portrait for the cover of his latest music CD. We used the white seamless paper and gave him a comfortable looking pose by laying him on the paper.
key light) is usually the most important in a lighting setup. In a one-light arrangement, the main light is the only light but, in more complicated setups, many other ancillary lights such as fill lights and hair lights may be used.
High key. Low key. You would think I was talking about playing a musical instrument when in fact I am talking photography. High-key lighting refers to lighting that eliminates shadows, while low-key lighting creates shadows .
Kelvin A unit of temperature. In photography, it refers most often to the temperature of a color. Key Light The key light is also known as the main light in a multiple light studio set-up.
In the studio, the role of the sun is performed by what's called the main light (or sometimes the key light). Like the sun it's the brightest source of light and casts the darkest shadows.
Fill-in
Secondary light source used to fill in the shadow created by the main or key light. Called fill-in flash when electronic flash is used.
Film base
Flexible support on which light sensitive emulsion is coated.
The shot was lit with two lights, one to the right beside the camera giving a diffused front 'fill in' light and one to the left of the camera behind the subject giving a key light. It is important to get the balance between these two lights right.
If I was photographing a person full length [example below-links to larger image], I might choose a large rectangular softbox for the key light.
In general, photographers use ambient light on or around an object to produce a certain mood or feeling for the resulting image. This subtle photographic technique is known in cinematic circles as low-key lighting.
Two flashes are always better than one. I am positive three flashes are always better than two. Diffusers and white cards are useless outside, where the softness of secondary light is overpowered by the natural key light.
Because of the angle I set them at, they also spilled enough into the subject area to provide a slight edge light. Next, I positioned a medium SilverDomeŽ almost directly overhead. It not only acted as a soft key light, ...
in this scene, remember that the farther the subject is from this background, the easier it will be to light separately. Don't hesitate to flag the main light to keep it from contaminating the background, and make sure you meter your key light to ...
One strobe is close to the lens, one is off to the side. It's a portrait type of lighting, where you have a key light that's your main light source, such as the sun, and then a fill, which is the equivalent to the open sky.
 See also: Light, Photograph, Camera, Image, Lighting
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