High and low key

high key: black pair of scissors on white paper (f13, 1/25, ISO 800)

This was homework of our photography class for last week: a high key and low key photograph. A high key photo is where most of the tones are light, a low key photo contains a lot of dark tones. So this is where your grey card becomes in handy or the exposure compensation method. I used exposure compensation to get the shots really white (over exposure) and black (under exposure).

low key: tea boxes on a black background (f7.1, 1/40, ISO 1600)

Really, I just had no imagination for the low key shot: I just took two black tea boxes of my favorite brands and used a large black sheet of paper as background. The two shots together really look nice, though.