Worked on some high-key images

[cichlid]

To work on technical skills of high images, I went and grabbed a couple home decor items to photograph.

Your C&C is always welcome.

Thanks

[ionian]

They look ok to me Erik - nice even uniform background and exposure is spot on. What was your set up?

Image one is particularly tough to eliminate shadows - ideally you would add more fill at the sides, light from underneath (I use my iPad showing a white screen with a thin white paper covering) or raise your subject.

The two glass object work fine as they are.

The last image -if I was presenting this as a product shot I'd probably focus stack it, but I probably wouldn't bother if practising like you were here!

[cichlid]

Thanks Simon.
Yeah, the shadows were tough for the scarf image. The iPad would have been too small to use, but what a good idea.
I'll have to see if I can rig up a translucent light table and use continuous light from below. Already in the scarf shot, I had a third white reflector to the image-left. It actually helped a lot.

The entire setup involved 2 large white foam-core boards and a Nikon SB-600 in a 8" soft-box.

Erik

[Manfred M]

But are they high key?

[chauncey]

Perhaps the term might be defined.

[Wavelength]

The glass ball images are lovely

[IzzieK]

For something to light the bottom of an item for my photography, a few months ago I got an old wine box and put a light inside it and put an old window glass frame (with the glass still intact) on top of it then whatever background cloth I can use. A bit rustic but it works. So the heat will not concentrate in the box, I put some holes on the side of the box. In this series, I kinda like the last orb.

[billtils]

Chauncey has posed a simple question which probably has a less than simple answer .

I first met the term in the days when I had a proper dark room, and ASA 400 B&W film was the latest thing. Looking at recent posts on flickr, I think that this is in line with what a high key image looked like then: https://flic.kr/p/Mt5Z8R

However, there are many other interpretations these days, including where I think that Erik is at, namely an image exposed to give a plain white background. This web site goes that way (https://photography.tutsplus.com/tut...ey--photo-2949) but is incorrect in stating that "High key methods were originally developed as a solution to screens that couldn't properly display high contrast ratios".