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10/30/2008 09:54:05 PM · #1 |
I have a couple of question about shooting a client with a white background.
We purchased an expandable white BG from Botero Co. The background works great from the ground up, but the floor is bothersome because of the wrinkles, or, more importantly, the natural folds. I've seen threads suggesting plexiglass. Is this what we are needing?
I've also heard that vinyl flooring might work.
What do you use?
I'll go looking for some examples of what we are looking for...
I'm looking to eventually do something similar to this 
Message edited by author 2008-10-30 22:01:00. |
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10/30/2008 10:57:09 PM · #2 |
| White seamless paper. Or you can buy gray paper and just blast the hell out of it with light to shoot it white (and likewise don't light it at all to get black - three papers in one). |
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10/30/2008 11:11:00 PM · #3 |
White paper works great. The only secret to shooting white backgrounds is that you must have a background light. You need to throw 2 stops extra light on the background. More and it will affect your subject. Less and the background will come out gray. With proper lighting, you don't need to do anything in post.
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10/30/2008 11:24:12 PM · #4 |
I have been using white matt or satin vinyl from the upholstery shop. One can buy it by the meter. it works well for me.
For macro images, I use white suede or velvet like scraping paper/card and that is excellent as well. I actually use all the different colors available, in this square scraping velvet like card a lot, as backdrops for my flowers. |
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10/30/2008 11:24:18 PM · #5 |
Thanks guys! Makes sense so far. So then, how to negate the shadows. When you say 'have a background light', how do you negate the shadows, especially on the floor, without the light spilling onto the subject
I'm guessing no flash on the subject, thus overexposing the background while correctly exposing the subject.
Sorry if I sound ignorant :)
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10/30/2008 11:35:07 PM · #6 |
This link should answer most of your questions.
//www.zarias.com/?p=71 |
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