 Andrew Grey |
Lighting Muslin Backgrounds How do I light a muslin background to minimize the wrinkles and/or creases? I am using a twistflex background. Any help would be great. -Andy
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W. |
How come there are "wrinkles and/or creases" in the muslin, Andrew? Wasn't it stored rolled up, very carefully, to avoid those "wrinkles and/or creases"?
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Andrew Grey |
It is a twistflex background and so when I transport it I twist it up into a flat, disc-like bag. Does this make sense? Thanks.
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Not really. Because that's probably where "the wrinkles and/or creases" come from. In the given situation you will want to light the muslin as evenly and diffused as possible. That means from the left, and from the right, and ideally from the top and the bottom too, with large softboxes and reflectors. That should minimize the visibility of "the wrinkles and/or creases".
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Andrew Grey |
Thanks. I am using a 4 light setup (main, fill, hair and background) with a canvas background. I currently have been using a background light with a background reflector position 18" from the background tilted a little and positioned 2 feet behind my subjects and this has worked well. I just wanted something more portable than the 9' canvas background and so I went with this in a similar paint scheme. My main and fills and hair light do use soft boxes by the reflector itself is not diffused. Maybe I should try this. Thanks again. -Andy
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Your average photographic reflector is (or should be) diffuse, Andy. No sense in adding a diffusor to that. But whatever you do, NEVER fold the muslin again.
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Andrew Grey |
OK Thanks.
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Reflectors can easily be made D-I-Y. Here's a "how-to": get a lightweight board (from Home Depot or some such) of the size and shape you want. Crumple, then stretch (very carefully) aluminium foil. Enough to cover the board. Spray-glue the board. Attach the stretched alu foil to the board with the matte side down. The shiny side is, obviously, the side you use as the reflective surface. Flatten well (you could iron it, without heat), but carefully. Trim the edges. If you want to do it nicely you could finish your new reflector with duct tape around the edges. Ready to roll!
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