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06/11/2007 03:56:26 PM · #1 |
| How do I keep shaddows out of my pictures, or at least minimize them, if I'm using a light colored background. |
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06/11/2007 04:07:01 PM · #2 |
Use more light?? Sorry, not sure I get what you're asking. Do you mean the dark shadows you get when you put someone flat against a white wall and then shoot them with pop-up flash?
If that's the case you 1- Move them away from the wall - 5 or 6 feet minimum. and 2- use an external flash bounced off the celing or an ajacent wall, or use a reflector.
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06/13/2007 10:46:08 AM · #3 |
I mean like in these. I wanted these kids on a pure white background. But, their shaddow is in all of them. I used my Sigma flash, and the head was pointed straight up (bouncing off a wall), and the light I used was on the same side as the shaddow and slightly over their heads. There's one that's even more pronouned, where I'm standing on a step ladder above the subject, but I haven't uploaded that one to the internet.
Dawn Spawn Erika
Spawn is my son, btw. My baby graduated from high school last Friday night! And spent Monday night at his girlfriend's new apartment. ::::sobs:::: |
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06/13/2007 10:53:59 AM · #4 |
Cindi already gave you the answer. Move your subject away from the wall and bounce your flash or use a reflector.
Remember shadows arent always a bad thing, side lighting and shadows sets 3d and mood nicely. But in your case its a distance to background issue.
MattO
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06/13/2007 10:58:55 AM · #5 |
Thanks Matt. Unfortunately, I work in a very confined space (and entry way of a really big house). But, I might be able to move them a little further from the background if I back into one of the front rooms. LOL!I did bounce my flash off the wall, but still got the shadow. :(
What really surprised me was how different the pictures I took at night came out from the ones I took during the day and sunlight was coming in through the front door. |
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06/13/2007 11:32:32 AM · #6 |
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