Preliminary reveal the black and white photography of the source of the light tonal
Preliminary reveal the black and white photography of the source of the light tonal
Article by Goa159
Tonal in photography has two meanings: one is to point to the tone of the picture; Two is to point to in the photograph of reappearance scenery depth, such as red in black and white photos to a dark grey, called tonal deep, yellow in black and white photos to a light gray, called a shallow tonal. In photography in the composition is tonal use, usually refers to the photos for fundamental key.
Black and white photos of fundamental key usually summarized into three kinds, namely high, middle and low tone. High profile photos on white and light to grey dominated, namely by a large white and light grey pictures of a high-profile called photos. Low-key refers to the dark grey and black pictures dominated, namely by a large black and dark grey consists of the photos called low-key photos. Between high-profile and between low-key, there is no black or white landslide photos were called the middle photo. A large number of black and white photos in the daily is to belong to the middle.
Because of its high and low profile of picture area of the black or white, and therefore help to strengthen a expression and artistic influence, and at the same time, it brings the theme, the content and the limitation of the picture of the shortcomings of the stereo feeling weak. Although the middle in tonal on no strengthening artistic appeal, but to all kinds of subject matter, the content on the expression of a free; And the picture stereo feeling relatively strong, that’s why a lot of the photos are the middle of the reason.
High profile photos can give a person pure, beautiful, lightsome, lively, comely, halcyon, quietly elegant and relaxed feeling like, often suitable for performance of beautiful scenery, light color is still life, animal and so on, in the portrait photography, used to show children, young girl, doctors, the effect is good. Low-key pictures can give a person the mysterious, solemn, melancholy, implicative, dark, calm and steady, irritable, stubborn and feeling. The middle of the strong contrast (contrast big), often give a person a kind of angry, strength, the excitement of; Contrast light (contrast small), often give a person a kind of desolate, depressed, simple sense.
It is worth noting that the functions of tonal just “help strengthen” some kind of artistic effect, in particular the content with just can rise the corresponding some strengthening effect, specific have what kind of the strengthening effect by the contents of the shooting to decision. In the form and content of relation, the decisive role is content is not a form. This requires using a photographer in tonal composition factor, the first to consider whether it is appropriate to the shooting as high or low. For high-profile and high-profile, for low-key but low-key approach, often outsmart oneself, just the opposite.
Consider using high or low in, still should notice subjects itself (including the main body and the background) the depth of the situation is for shooting high-key or low-key. This kind of consideration should be actively, and this means should consider to whether can use filter, such as light photography technology to control the scenery is tonal reappear.
In high-profile and low-key photographs of the composition, the photos to pay attention to the picture high-profile has a few powerful black, otherwise, high-profile often appear weak, pale photographs. The main body of high-profile photos than light should be small. Pictures of low-key attention picture have had a few bright white, otherwise, low-key photos easy appear gloomy, without the god. The main body of the photos low-key light should be larger than.
In black and white and photography, high and low profile photos of exposure control method is usually: snap pictures high-profile than normal increase exposure spy, in order to enhance the degree is high. The photos taken than normal exposure to reduce a, to ensure that the strong black fundamental key. Of course, also can meet the normal exposure high-key or shooting low profile photos, and magnified photos when make some adjustment–high-profile photographs of the amplifier exposure less; Low-key photographs of the amplifier exposure more.
