Chablis Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hi Damien I would like to create a fake backdrop in a thunder gray seamless paper - so it looks like a studio set up ready to photograph I guess - light coming from camera left Like this without the model in it: http://flickrhivemind.net/blackmagic.cgi?id=5020938724&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflickrhivemind.net%2FUser%2FKurt%20Dressler%20Photography%2FInteresting%3Fsearch_type%3DUser%3Btextinput%3DKurt%20Dressler%20Photography%3Bphoto_type%3D250%3Bmethod%3DGET%3Bnoform%3Dt%3Bsort%3DInterestingness%23pic5020938724&user=&flickrurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/35493352@N02/5020938724 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 This is a better picture of what I want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Sorry I didn't get to this last night. State of Origin, you know. In the first one, there's some slight mottling; but it's not evident in the second one. Should there be mottling? Or are we talking about a fairly smooth gradient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 HAHA, and maybe a bit too much rum? I'm after a fairly smooth look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Ok, no trouble. And how will you use it? I mean, how will you photograph your subjects if not in front of actual thunder grey seamless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 A plain white wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Ok, so you're thinking that you'd like to be able to do this if you had a fake grey backdrop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 I guess - only I want more space like in the ballet dancer picture - is it the same principle? - I think it's the shadow where the paper curves at the bottom that i'm not sure how to achieve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Ok, no trouble. Can you show me one of the white-background photos, so I can experiment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 This one has a peach backrop - I have a white wall I sometimes use - but not a great example of a full length pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 No, sorry, we can't use that. If the wall isn't white, it has to at least be markedly lighter than the lightest hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 O dear - there goes that idea then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 You don't have any full-length examples from your white wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 No - I was thinking of just having a digital backdrop I could use whenever - I haven't got an actual pic at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 Could you do something with a black background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I fear it's unlikely, because there won't be any natural shadow falling on a black one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 I had a play - but struggling with some banding in the shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 The shadow around the bottom of the fabric is what looks fakest. This why you need to shoot against white, I think. So that you can use the natural shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chablis Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Will definitely keep that in mind for next time - thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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