Assignment #3 - High Key / Low Key

What the camera said it saw:

What the camera should have seen:

On the high key objects, the camera tried to compensate for the light subjects, and as such it made the images darker than they should actually be.  On the opposite side, the camera tried to compensate for the dark subjects making them lighter than they should be.  All images were shot at f/22 and a white balance of 3200k.