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How make white backdrops look whiter When I'm taking the picture it looks great with all the lighting around it...but the pictures are light... I tried overexposes by a stop which helps, but still it is not white...I'm not talking Key lighting where even the subjects are wearing white clothing...but like the photo shoot I just took where everyone was wearing reds and blacks....it turned out nice, but the backdrop is not all that white... Could it be that this white sheet type material I have as a backdrop is not good for photography and that perhaps a heavy white canvas or a good white vinyl would reflect the light more... Here's what I used... a light on each side facing the backdrop, an overhead soft box on the subjects, one soft box to the front side facing the subjects....a fill in light beside me...and also a hair light.... the subjects look great even with one stop over exposed.... but the background still is not that white... any suggestions... could it be the backdrop or is it me...it's only this white backdrop I have problems with and if I lighten in adobe then the subjects are faded out.... I would welcome any suggestions. Thank YOu, Trudy
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Sharon Day |
I know nothing about studio lighting, but I saw this in another forum discussion and thought it looked great. I would have to have it if I shot people and wanted a white background.
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W. |
You need more light on that background, Trudy. The difference between the subject and the background needs to be 3 stops to get the background really white. Have fun!
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Mark Feldstein |
The trick is, Trudy, when you wash them to use a spot further up stream. Mark
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Samuel Smith |
oh yeah.or as someone mentioned a while back maybe it was a muslim background. cheers.
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