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02/02/2008 01:06:14 AM · #1 |
| I have been taking photos of flowers indoor with my mini light studio. A light box and 2 studio light. How do you prevent the black background from lighting up? HOw do you get a perfect black background. |
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02/02/2008 01:13:35 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by thundercatcher2003:
How do you prevent the black background from lighting up? HOw do you get a perfect black background. |
Keep light from hitting it.
Black velvet is the best black material to use. It eats lots of light.
After that, use a quick levels adjustment with or without a mask to finish it off.
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02/02/2008 01:23:24 AM · #3 |
| How do you know what exposure to set your camera at. |
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02/02/2008 08:29:24 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by thundercatcher2003:
How do you know what exposure to set your camera at. |
light meter your flower..and adjust your ap. and shutter speed from there.
I just looked at your flower entrys and they look good too me.
Message edited by author 2008-02-02 08:30:48.
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02/02/2008 02:46:19 PM · #5 |
| I don't have a light meter.lol |
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02/02/2008 03:24:57 PM · #6 |
Also, keep in mind that light diminishes with the square of the distance. Therefore ... the closer your light is to the subject, and the further it is from the background, the less light will fall on the background. So let's say your light is one foot away from the flowers and the background is another foot away from the flowers. That makes the background receive one stop less light (i.e. half as bright). Move it two feet away and you have 2 stops less light. And so on.
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02/02/2008 03:50:55 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by dwterry:
Also, keep in mind that light diminishes with the square of the distance. Therefore ... the closer your light is to the subject, and the further it is from the background, the less light will fall on the background. So let's say your light is one foot away from the flowers and the background is another foot away from the flowers. That makes the background receive one stop less light (i.e. half as bright). Move it two feet away and you have 2 stops less light. And so on. |
Very true and it actually doesn't take much of a falloff to make black black.
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