New on the blog: my best low-key photo almost didn't happen. We'd been watching a male baboon for nearly half an hour, waiting for the light and his mood to line up. Low-key isn't the inverse of high-key editing — you're shaping darkness, not just flipping a process. Some spots need to stay deep, others need to hold texture, and the transition between the two is where the image actually lives.
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