White background

This is my first try on a white background. I've obviously got some light bleeding on to the subject from the background light, but I've got a pretty small space to work with and I don't have my setup refined yet. C&C welcome, as well as any tips for a small studio environment. Thanks!

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To get a pure white background behind any subject you only NEED to add 2/3rds of one stop of light MORE to the background than what you put on the subject. To do this easily you will need a meter. Ghosting or bleed over is caused by several things.

1. Having the subject too close to the background so the light striking the background also strikes the subject. Place the subject six or eight feet out from the back works best.

2. Too much light on the backgound (overexposure). As mentioned above you only need 2/3rds of one stop more light on the background than what you put on the subject.

Benji

Well, I have a combination of the two issues. My space is small and I can't get the distance between subject and background that I want. The subject was right on the edge of the background light's coverage. I also had to dump more light than I wanted to into the background because I only have one background light and had to 'white out' the far side as well. Another background light on the other side would let me turn everything down quite a few notches I think and get better results.

You can cheat by making the grey (or dirty or whatever) background pure white in Photoshop.

Benji