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Tips for shooting on a white background

Michael Patterson

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Just wondering if anyone had any experience using the scarlet/epic on a white sweep. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I've shot on white hundreds of times, but never with raw...
 
The key for me is to be able to lit up the BCKG evenly and about 1-stop above the subject without actually clipping the sensor. You are going to need a lot of light. Do not use HDRx - you are in a controlled environment - set your scene contrast well to start with...
 
and space - you want to separate your subjects by pulling them forward out of all that light and light them individually, so you'll need a fair sized backdrop and room to create that separation while still fitting the backdrop in the frame. if you want to shoot full body, you will probably want about 25 feet, I'm guessing to do it right, to get the subjects about 8-10 feet forward and to have flexibility framing your subjects...probably only need about 12-15 feet for a decent close-up.
 
Peter Majtan said:
The key for me is to be able to lit up the BCKG evenly and about 1-stop above the subject without actually clipping the sensor. You are going to need a lot of light. Do not use HDRx - you are in a controlled environment - set your scene contrast well to start with...
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Agreed.
 
Here's another tip you may or may not want: Do something other than white! It is SO overused now. Apple did it, Exxon did it...a million others did it. We have had at least 3 or 4 clients want it. So...if this is something a client is asking for, maybe you can steer them towards another background color?

Just my $.02. Good advice above if you decide to go with the white.

Kevin
 
Thanks everyone. I'm pretty familiar with shooting on white, been doing it for years, but I have only used hvx's and af100s. Those took a little bit of tweaking to get a clean white, scene file settings and the like. I was just wondering if there was anything I should be looking out for in regards to shooting raw. I will be in a studio with a white cyc and a ton of space and lighting... I wish I didn't have to go with white, but the client has a web series that they have been doing for years on a white background with animated graphics and text in the blank areas. They want to keep it consistent. Trust me I try to steer them away all the time. Thanks again.
 
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