Question about using self portrait with high key light on cloudy day (natural light)

[Photography]

Did you use a self portrait with a high key lighting without using pro lighting and just use a any digital camera to use self portrait with high key lighting on cloudy day (natural lighting)?

Here is my short story what I did use my digital camera:

I did take a test with high key lighting with available light. So i did use a cloudy day and use ISO 200 to 400 and use a +1 to +2 stops on EV photography. It is works for this for high key available light. I am think it is call High lighting with a natural lighting on cloudy day.

You can use colour or black and white on high key lighting.

[zona5101]

How did over exposing the entire scene by 2 stops give you high key? +2 stops would make the background and the subject both +2...that sounds like simple over exposure.

[Photography]

zona5101 - I am will let you know about this: Overexposure and high key lighting is a same name as i did notice both are pure white background. So i am saying that both are a same name that it.

[PowerPix]

Originally Posted by Photography

zona5101 - I am will let you know about this: Overexposure and high key lighting is a same name as i did notice both are pure white background. So i am saying that both are a same name that it.

That is incorrect. Overexposure and high key are not the same.

High key retains the tonal range, contrast, and details. It also blows highlights and blacks will be preserved as black.

Overexposure will turn tones to greyish, especially black tones, and loses detail and contrast.

Hight Key:

[zona5101]

Originally Posted by Photography

zona5101 - I am will let you know about this: Overexposure and high key lighting is a same name as i did notice both are pure white background. So i am saying that both are a same name that it.

well you'd be wrong then.

[Jim Poor]

You can get a high key background on a bright cloudy day fairly easily.

The trick is to find a way to overexpose the BG, while getting proper exposure on the subject. If you have solid, bright clouds in the sky, it's not all that hard to do.

The +1-2, is really useless without knowing what the metering mode is.

If using matrix metering, +1-2 will blow the BG on a bright overcast day and usually get the subject in the right area.

Spot metering the subject (unless it's white, or very bright) will result in over exposure of the sky / clouds with little or no exposure compensation.

Center-weighted metering will fall in between.

[Photography]

PowerPix and zona5101 - Did you look at both Overexposure and high key lighting pictures are same as yourself already knew. Why you say i am wrong? Hello you know what i do believe that Overexposure and high key lighting are the same name and both are pure white. Please don't say i am wrong.

There are many other people out there do believe in both of them of the name is: Overexposure and high key lighting so they can choose the name to say.

Read this please: I am going to back on my topic talking about using self portrait with high key light on cloudy day (natural light).

[Jim Poor]

Please don't let your stubborn streak show again!

High Key and over exposure are NOT the same thing.

Over exposure is a component of high key in a sense, but over exposed doesn't always mean a photo is high key, nor does over exposure always mean pure white.

[Photography]

Jim Poor - I have a good question to talk about using self portrait with high key light on cloudy day (natural light). I don't really like people do off-topics on this topic. I am want to talk about that if people did have a thought or not about using self portrait with high key light on cloudy day (natural light). And other people did off topic to not talk about using self portrait with high key light on cloudy day (natural light). So that why i am saying please just go back on topic what i am talking about using self portrait with high key light on cloudy day (natural light).

I have a good point about using self portrait with high key light on cloudy day (natural light).

[zona5101]

i'll get back on topic: you're still wrong, no matter how you spin it - increasing overall exposure +2 stops is not the same as high key.
Maybe you are confusing overall exposure with a difference in exposure: Typically there is a 2 stop difference between the white background and the subject in a high key image (there are other componets as well such as subject clothing color that typify a high key shot).