High photography

Do you want to capture stunning high-contrast portrait photos with your iPhone? High-contrast portrait photography isn’t hard—once you know a few tricks! Read on to discover 7 tips for shooting incredible high-contrast portraits where the subject really stands out. You won't be disappointed!

High Key is a term to describe images that are bright and contain little to no shadow. The term comes from the early days of broadcast television when scenes with higher contrast were not reproduced well. To make a scene that was easier to properly show on screen, the ratio between the key and fill lights was minimized. It is also sometimes used to describe photos and the photographic style that is simply bright, often with an overexposed background.

About Pelle Sten Pelle Sten was born in Helsingborg, Sweden, 1974. He is a self-taught photgrapher who started shooting metal and punk bands in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Today he mainly works with street photography. In his street photography works he tries to capture the unreal in reality. The photographs tries to freeze a moment in time. A very subjective moment. The pictures captures people on their way home and on their way away. People in motion. And the people aren’t the only…

A lot happens in the blink of an eye -- a lot of pretty amazing things. But due to the way our brain works, we don't really get to 'see' these amazing phenomena. This is where photography once again swoops in to save the day. High speed photography allows us to capture the minute details of motion that typically escape the purview of human vision; methodology ranges from using a short flash exposure to a series of exposures taken in a fraction of a second. The method varies somewhat…

Harsh light! “Hyper” fashion portraits📸✨ 90s music magazines have this particular “bite” I love. My go-to is a strong key light on the face, with a big black panel (“negative fill”) on the other side to suck up light and create the harsh shadows (anime vibe). I tend to photograph from way up high (wide angle lens), crank EVERYTHING in post, dial back a few to the sweet spot, then tweak the white balance like I’m coloring. Photo + Art Director: @reimastrophotography Model + wardrobe…

Hailey Baldwin captivates on the January 2018 cover of ELLE Spain. Photographed by Nino Muñoz, the blonde beauty wears a Michael Michael Kors turtleneck

Learn these examples of framing in photography and repeat them while taking photos in different genres.