First Attempt at white background

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finally had a go at doing the 'White Backgroudn' Shot. TBH I was impressed with how easy it was to do! I know I'm far from an expert yet but I was quite chuffed with this as a first attempt.

Unfortunately I was only able to take about 5 or 6 shots before the model (By little man) managed to trip over his own feet and smack his head on the wooden flooring. The unsightly bump which followed did not make for a pretty picture!

Anyhow here is the first shot;
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Some stuff done in photoshop RAw and a little bit of cloning in CS3 to remove some shadow (Didn't get t quite right lighting the background).

I know its a little soft around the face - any other comments?
 
Looks good, just make sure the light on the background are at least 2 stops more that what you are shooting and it will be white easy peasy.
 
MattWalford said:
Looks good, just make sure the light on the background are at least 2 stops more that what you are shooting and it will be white easy peasy.
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With respect, that's very bad advice unless there is a LOT of space between subect and background.
As long as you can get very even illumination on the background, half a stop difference is all you need.

2 stops or more will cause 'spare' light to bounce from the background to the subject, destroying fine detail such as hair. The further the bounced light has to travel, the less light reaches the subject, so if you have a lot of space (say 6 metres) then it isn't a problem, but in a small space it's best to use the minimum level of overexposure possible.

BTW, a very good result from your first attempt.
 
Nice shot this,great little face.:):thumbs:
 
Cheers everyone! That tutorial is excellent = will have a good go!
 
Garry Edwards said:
With respect, that's very bad advice unless there is a LOT of space between subect and background.
As long as you can get very even illumination on the background, half a stop difference is all you need.

2 stops or more will cause 'spare' light to bounce from the background to the subject, destroying fine detail such as hair. The further the bounced light has to travel, the less light reaches the subject, so if you have a lot of space (say 6 metres) then it isn't a problem, but in a small space it's best to use the minimum level of overexposure possible.

BTW, a very good result from your first attempt.
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^^^ Got to agree with Garry.

It's easy to get a white background, you just blitz it with light, but then it starts to bleach away at the edges of the subject and looks horrible.

The trick is to get it only just white, and no more. Half a stop over is a good target :thumbs:
 
Nice shot but look under exposed and the background is not white it has 2%cyan and 1%Magenta and in the bottom you are getting some yellow as well
On the right there is a crease with a little work you can make it much better I have down a quick fix here but not 10% as small res and only a quick fix
Hope you like it

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