This next technique is known as HIGH KEY lighting. According to John Ingledew, Photography, Portfolio Press, 2005, High Key photographs are, "pictures that use only the upper portions of the grey scale: just blacks and whites. This is achieved in lighting, processing, printing or manipulation". Here I have used the camera's aperture to allow more flash into the lens, i.e. opened up the aperture to f8. This begins to merge the peripheries of the subject into the background. In recent years we have seen a rise in studio portraiture using high keys techniques by the likes of Venture, and this is probably because it can be quite a flattering means of lighting, especially for women. High Key lighting increases the dominant highlights in the picture, and softens hard edges and details.
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