From what I can figure out by looking at the examples, a low key photograph seems to include something black and lighting from the side. So to get that effect, I headed for my darkroom. Darkroom, you might ask? I realize I have now become my father, although I don't know if he started his journey in the bathroom. Looking for the darkest room in the house so that I wouldn't have to wait until nighttime, I headed for the bathroom. Found some black poster board and taped it to the bathroom door. Luckily, I had a small lamp that I could bring in with me. Now, this bathroom is pretty small to begin with. So it's me, my tripod, the lamp, camera and cup. In addition to those items, I found some empty boxes to place the cup on. Sitting on the toilet (which I am pretty sure my dad didn't do or have to do) I aimed the lamp for the side of the cup and clicked the shutter. Using P, I turned the dial as far to the right as possible- would you say this is too underexposed? When I looked at the photo in photoshop the outline of the cup was a little more pronounced. Here it seems almost too dark. Perhaps I underexposed it too much. Don't know- I'm still learning.
As a side note, one of the photos on the dailyshoot site showed a key lying on the ground- low key, get it? Funny!
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