I have noticed that many people prefer a high key image to a low key image especially when doing portraits. I (as per usual) like the opposite. ALthough a high key image can be romantic and soft I tend to lean towrds low key type shots. I think the reason I prefer these darker images is the mystery that the dark tonal range can create. The brighter range will lend a certain virginal quality to an image and the darker range a more mysterous look. Some call this a more isolated or lonely look but I disagree there too. I feel the darker range tends to make me look more closely at an image to see what might not be so obvious. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this? Magick Michael