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Uploaded: January 05, 2003 01:11:21
Kathy L. Schneider January 05, 2003
Shelley, this is so bright and refreshing! I love the composiition and the wonderful expression, complete with the crossed eyes! High key is your speciality! Great job! #17733Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Thanks so much Kathy! Yes, I think he is deciding on the orange one! LOL #37877Ray Charles May 26, 2019
Great job on this portrait Shelley. I can this one next in months winners cicle. #37887Denny Medley May 26, 2019
Excellent image, Shelley! I've been playing with High key lately, but I'm nowhere close to this excellent shot! Fantastic work, and good luck! #37888Dolores Neilson May 26, 2019
Shelley...take an outstanding photographer and a cute little adorable boy who can model well and you have a winning shot! I can see this on as an advertisement for Popsicles! You better contact them, Shelley! #37890Carol Engstrom May 26, 2019
Great shot, Shelley! Are you sure he is going to decide though? I think he just wants to take all four. #37899Carol Sherman May 26, 2019
Shelley....a winner for sure!!!p.s.- may I ask, what is "High Key" that Denny mentioned? #38029
Joann Tompkins-Winborn May 26, 2019
love this picture! I don't usually pay much attention to "people" pictures, but this one really shouted at me!Stephanie Adams May 26, 2019
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS!!! Fantastic job!! Wow! Great job Shelly, this had better be a winner :O)I would also like to know what "High Key" is, if anyone can help us out we would appreciate it. Thanks
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Angie Hill May 26, 2019
Great job on this Shelley! I agree with Dolores, you better get this one to the right contact to sell it.Carol, High Key is a picture with alot of light tones with little or no midtones and shadows.
Angie Hill
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Carol Sherman May 26, 2019
Angie, thank you for the info. How is this achieved...I'm still so new to all of this.lol #38060Angie Hill May 26, 2019
Carol, You can achieve this by spot metering on the darkest area of the subject. I don't know what camera you use, but you can look in your manual and read about metering.Angie #38073
Carol Sherman May 26, 2019
Thank you again Angie, I will definitely read up on it. #38076bob garas May 26, 2019
great shot Shelley. perfectly composed #38094Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Thanks so much everyone for your comments on this shot! Thanks Angie for explaining "high key" to them. Angie is right that I spot metered this shot, practically all of my shots are shot this way. Carol, on the Pro90, you need to look on top of your camera below your button that blows up your pics, three silver buttons right of the lens, the bottom one, it has a square and a dot in the middle of it. When you are in AV or TV, you can push this button and it will spot meter for you. Hope this helps. : ) Stephanie, I am not sure of your camera, but what I do is like Angie says, I take the darkest part and it lightens up the rest of the shot. Now about this being an ad for Popsicle, anyone have their number? LOL I am willing to discuss it. : ) Thanks so much everyone! #38137June Marie Sobrito May 26, 2019
Outstanding! #38163Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Thanks so much June Marie! #38192Carol Sherman May 26, 2019
Oh Shelley, thank you. I have used the spot meter before, but not in AV or TV. Though, when 'I've' spot metered it certainly didn't look anything as Incredible as yours!!!lol You are always such a help to me and I do appreciate it.
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Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Carol, you are welcome. I had my son stand by a white hutch in a white kitchen right next to an East double window. That gives me a lot of white! #38198Stephanie Adams May 26, 2019
Shelley, my new Canon EOS 1v does have a spot meter and I will most certainly try this out! Thanks to you and your sister for explaining :O) I will drop you an email soon, nice to hear from you and good luck with this shot, it is outstanding! #38221Denny Medley May 26, 2019
Shelley, I've just returned home to see that I spawned a lot of discussion on high key. I'm sorry I wasn't here more today to explain it. Thanks, Angie as well for the explanation and instructions. Good luck, Shelley! #38242Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Stephanie, you will need to let me know about that new camera of yours and how it performs. New toys, always fun. : ) I just got back to your emails Denny and Stephanie, sorry for the delay! Thanks again guys. #38340Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Thanks so much Douglas! Since I am a huge b&w fan, I was real happy with the turn out of the color. Especially with my digital. Also, I wanted to show my son's lovely blue eyes. This was taken in September and even though we were inside, we had to hurry, the popsicles would drip. My son was a great sport, of course he got to eat the props! LOL #42531Carolyn M. Fletcher May 26, 2019
How many finalists are you goint to HAVE?? I shall kiss the ground your hiking boots walk on at Robber's Cave. #54564Stephanie Adams May 26, 2019
congrats Shelley! I am sure this will become a winner! #54574Cheryl Meisel May 26, 2019
Again congrats Shelly another photo of yours that is wild and wonderful.Carol Engstrom May 26, 2019
Congratulations, Shelley! #54903Dolores Neilson May 26, 2019
I extend my congrats again, Shelley! You know my feelings on this one! #55060Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Thanks so much everyone!!!! #55433Lem Metro May 26, 2019
A perfect photo has to get its just rewards! Congrats, Shelly. #55610Cathy M. Gromball May 26, 2019
Congratulations on finals, Shelley! Dolores pegged it right - your forte is advertising photography! Awesome shot!Cathy :) #58636
Cathy M. Gromball May 26, 2019
Congratulations on your second place win, Shelley!Cathy :) #58959
Carolyn M. Fletcher May 26, 2019
Congrats, again, Shelley. Ya show off!!LOL #59116Sharon E. Lowe May 26, 2019
Congrats again, Shelley - another great shot! #59172Carol Sherman May 26, 2019
Yay!!!! What Incredible News, Shelley!!!Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Thanks everyone! I will have to admit, I am real proud of this shot! #59394Dolores Neilson May 26, 2019
Congrats on 2nd place with this one, Shelley!! I love the uniqueness and creativity of this one. YES! You SHOULD be proud of this shot!! #59421Gerda Grice May 26, 2019
Just adorable, Shelley, and so beautifully done. Great little model, too! Many congratulations on winning 2nd place with this great shot! #59435Faith Locke Siewert May 26, 2019
That was a sure winner! Fantastic picture, Shelley! Congrats!Faith. #59924
Bernard B. Travers May 26, 2019
Hip, hip, horay for Shelley. Good job. #60175Piper Lehman May 26, 2019
Congrats, Shelley. You already know how much I admire your high-key shot skills. I would just like to add a note to the spot metering technique - Steph, et. al, you need a high contrast situation to get a shot this "high key" -- as Shelley has explained, you will need to shoot into the light or white BG and meter for the darkest part of the scene (preferably plenty of stops darker than the light). The larger the gap between light and dark, the 'higher' your high key shot will turn out. Because this is a digital shot, I'm sure Shelley took advantage of the ability to check each shot until she got the right "white" in the "high key" portion of the shot.If your camera doesn't have spot metering capabilities, you can use your matrix or center-weighted meter by filling the viewfinder with only the dark portion you're trying to meter. You can also simply take an average meter reading of the entire scene and bracket a few shots over the reading in full or 1/2 stop increments, depending on what type of film you're using.
The trick to all this is keeping the color from washing out of your main subject while whitening the background at the same time. The white shirt Shelley had her son wear did more than draw the eye to the colors, it helped keep the meter from being distracted, so to speak.
Excellent shot for a technical lesson, Shelley. We should write a book, all of us, called: "Everything I know I learned at BetterPhoto" #60473
Kathy L. Schneider May 26, 2019
Alright Shelley! I knew this was a winner! Great job! Congratulations! #60597Shelley Sanders May 26, 2019
Thanks everyone! Piper, that is a wonderful tutorial, thanks so very much! I don't remember if I mentioned I had +1/3 exp. comp. on this. Another shot I can remember I had +2 exp.comp. on to get the high key effect. In fact, it was one of my first high key shots, nuts and bolts. Here is another lesson for everyone, hot lamp, metal, shooting time 20 min. DO NOT PICK UP METAL immediately after shoot. O.K. it might just be a lesson for us blondes! LOL #60817Laura E. Swan November 17, 2009
I think he went for the ORANGE!!! HA!What a fun and fanciful High Key Image, Shelly!
Huge congrats on your big win!!! I saw this scrolling on the BP winners area.
-Laura Swan #8137983
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