Lighting to get a blue background

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Hi all, wondered if anyone had any thoughts on background lighting to get an effect like this:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/07/search-answers-not-just-links/

I've posted the URL as it's not my image to link to directly. I would like to replicate the blue background - is it likely a white backdrop lit with a gelled strobe or is it actually blue and lit some other way?? Any thoughts from anyone appreciated, thanks.

Jeremy.
 
I would say that's just a blue background with a light on it. Pretty straightfoward really.
 
You could use a blue gel with a black, white or grey background, depending and intense of colour required and space available.
 
Thanks for the suggestions folks, I'll have a read of the flickr thread and see what I can come up with. I was hoping to try and avoid buying a collapsible blue background if i can, but some of the portraits I see with backgrounds like this have such an intense blue that I'm inclined to agree with hoppy that it's something blue to begin with and not just gelled. I'll experiment and let you know!

Thanks, Jeremy.
 
Jchaplin said:
Thanks for the suggestions folks, I'll have a read of the flickr thread and see what I can come up with. I was hoping to try and avoid buying a collapsible blue background if i can, but some of the portraits I see with backgrounds like this have such an intense blue that I'm inclined to agree with hoppy that it's something blue to begin with and not just gelled. I'll experiment and let you know!

Thanks, Jeremy.
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Edit: thanks for that 2nd link calzor, looks very useful and missed it first time round when i read your post on my iPhone. Cheers.
 
Jchaplin said:
Thanks for the suggestions folks, I'll have a read of the flickr thread and see what I can come up with. I was hoping to try and avoid buying a collapsible blue background if i can, but some of the portraits I see with backgrounds like this have such an intense blue that I'm inclined to agree with hoppy that it's something blue to begin with and not just gelled. I'll experiment and let you know!

Thanks, Jeremy.
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Just thinking about it for a moment, it would probably be easier for that exact effect with a black background and a gelled flash. You could do it with blue of course, but preventing spill on to the background from the front light, so that it goes black or at least very dark, might be less convenient with blue.
 
Thanks hoppy, I suspect that would've been the last colour I would have chosen to start with, but now you mention it I can see where you are coming from. I've got a black paper background so I'll give it a try.
 
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