White Background: Ep 127: Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace: Adorama Photography TV
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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Adorama Photography TV Presents Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace. In this episode, Mark answers one of his most popular questions - how do I get a white background? Mark will demonstrate how to get that crisp, shadowless background with speedlights, as well as with only one light.
The key to this technique is understanding the Inverse Square Law and where to position both the light and your subject.
AdoramaTV features talented hosts including: Mark Wallace, Gavin Hoey, Joe McNally, Joe DiMaggio, Tamara Lackey, Bryan Peterson, Rich Harrington
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Mark is the Master if Lighting. His videos make everything so easy to grasp and understand. Thank you, Adorama for giving us Mark Wallace.
For the strobe and big umbrella setup, you could also raise the flash high up, which will throw the shows down so they won't be visible in the shot. You could also use a reflector underneath their chins to reduce shadows there....
Goddammit Mark, this is one of the best photography vids on youtube.
Great simple explanation. No bs about lighting the background with two lights and then two gobos to prevent background flare into the lens. Most of your videos are to aid and assist beginner photographers who dont have multiple lights/stands/softboxes and gobos. KISS .
I honestly learned this secret.... Never knew it could be done with 1 big umberalla.. I am going to buy this umberalla tommorw.. Thanks Mark! You rock!!!
You hit the mark there Mark. Excellent tutorial, clear and concise.
2022 we thank you so much Mark Wallace
You're the best! Thank you for all your help
As usual many thanks Mark , really has helped
The subject can be almost right up against the background. Since the umbrella will eliminate shadows, reduce the distance between subject and background to minimize light fall-off and the background remains white.
As always: great Video Mark! However, I think the "one stop above key" is highly dependant on using a really white background paper. A more universal approach would be to set your meter to "reflective metering" and then make sure that it's 2 1/2 stops above "correct exposure" (=18% gray). As you double the ammount of light per stop, the values would add up as follows. E.g. your key light is set correctly @5.6 = 18% incident than f8 = 36% -> f11=72% f11.5= 108%, just above photographic white.
Great stuff from Mark. Sharon is beautiful and charming, what a great model she is!
BG 1 stop brighter than the main subject! That's the point! Tks!
Mark i´m addicted to your videos. Thanks a lot for your tips and also for being funny in the end of every single videos.
Keep on going.
Was trying (unsuccessfully) to photograph against a black background last night, so I may have to try reversing the suggestions to make the background go to black. Thanks, Mark, another excellent video!
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Very useful This video , big thank you (R.MANOHAR ,Chennai.India)
wow. this is awesome, especially about the one large umbrella.
Thanks for the suggestion. It's been passed along to Adorama management for consideration.
He was just showing in a pinch how to light with a white background and one light. The light will always be flat. Even if you get some light shadows on the white background it is easy to strip it out in Photoshop. I tend not to like flat light so I will light a white background with two backlights. He is correct to make sure your background is one stop greater than the subject.
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As Mark says at the beginning, this video was requested by AdoramaTV viewers who wanted to learn this technique. We hope you find our other videos more useful.
Mark! Mark! Mark!
Another incredible video... Keeping it short simple and sweet ... #markrocks
excellent information and demonstration thanks
Excellent job Mark!
Awsome vids mark. Thanks . I always use your many techniques
I like white backgrounds! :)
got a very easy explanation of inverse square law here! thanks mark! =)
This is amazing, thank you thank you thank you
What is important to note is that the ISO is set higher from 100 to 200.
As long as the big umbrella stays directly behind you, that should work.
What if u don't have the Big umbrella only an soft box
This is an amazing and very comprehensive, educational piece. Thanks for sharing with us your knowledge.
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Muchas gracias que buena explicación. Saludos.
"Nasty shadows"? I don't think there are "nasty shadows". There are desired and undesired shadows but no nasties. Great tut Mark!
Love Sharon...super model. Great video as usual. :)
Does this technique work with any color background? (Blue, Yellow, etc)
How big is the back drop
mark's the man.
Thank you for the information.
That would be correct, either by dialing down the intensity by 1 stop or placing the light twice as far from the subject as the main light.
great stuff
Thanks Mark!
Mark you are the man!
Thaks
sooooo helpful!!! Thank you!
Thanks sir
Great video!!!
thanks for the information! :)
hi mark what if you haven't got parabolic umbrella, how can i achieve this with a soft box
You can but the effectiveness is lower. You will get better results if you use gang two or more speedlights together to get the same effect.
How do I use this
Can you make the background without the light meter? Camera meter?
Personally in the Digital Age, I don't use my Light Meters anymore.....I just use the image review on the camera back and Histogram, if it's really critical for shadow detail...I'll change to Black and White and look at the Histogram or in the Studio I'll tether the Camera into my Laptop using Lightroom and review it. The more you practice lighting, the faster you'll get things figured out..... just as fast as the meter and save yourself a LOT of money.
Actually the inverse square law applies a lot more to the light hitting your model than it does to it hitting the background. Why? Because light falls off a lot faster when measuring within a shorter distance from the source of the light. For example, you would lose about 75% of your light by doubling the distance from 1 to 2 meters away from your subject. Because light fall off slows down the farther away it is, that means that the same 75% would not be as noticeable when moving the light from 5 to 10 meters. The REASON that your background gets darker when you move the light forward is that you are re-metering for your model, not your background. That means that you are using a smaller aperture opening, which means LESS AMBIENT LIGHT. The light coming off of the backdrop is AMBIENT light, because it is not being illuminated by a light source other than what is in the room. This is why it gets darker, there's simply less of it coming through the lens. It has nothing to do with the light coming from your light source (intended for your model) and falling off before it hits the backdrop. Try this - forget the light meter and eyeball your exposure with your settings at F 2.8. Adjust your light so that it properly exposes your model. Now see how much MORE light you have in your unlit backdrop. AMBIENT light!!
Thanks so much!
Thumbs up for Mark for the Snapfactory shirt!!! :)
What if you're in a pinch and don't have studio lighting. I recall one instance where I was "stranded" with only my camera, it's built in flash, and a couple (4 or 5 actually) run-of-the-mill household lights. I think I had like 2 spots and 2 tall elongated kind of flourescent white lamps. I couldn't get the shot to work.
Hi Mark,
Very good tutorial. Can you tell me the distance between the back ground and the mode.
Thanks
Could move the light as well as yourself for different angles on the big umbrella ?
again a great video. Thanks Mark
you are best guru ...mass super ... i am ur student
But how to manage with small space
Hi! Mark; Can I use my Canon 600ex-rt flash with the 7ft parabolic umbrella, or is it to big?
Hi Mark! Any tips on shooting full body shots against a white background and eliminating the shadow, specifically at the point of contact near the feet?
Thank you.
How to do it without light meter?
how can i achieve this effect with one flash on the camera and two soft boxes?
how close should the subject be from the background when using the parabolic umbrella?
hey mark super video, am just getting started with photography, and its videos like your that make it even more interesting.....I just have a question am sure its one of em "rookie" ones, but in this video your seem to have a service light on, do you keep that into consideration while setting your exposure?
Thanks in advance
I’m confused. How is the single background-facing speedlight on the left side not yielding a gradient from light to dark, from left to right? Anytime I’ve done that, I never get a fully balanced white background.
thank you!
Hi Mark, Thank you for a great video. If I add a third light on the left (your first setup) I assume I will have to make it one stop lower than main light, to get a nice 3D look and feel. Any suggestions for me then? Thanks again.
Can you show a group shot image taken with the big umbrella only?
great tutorial. i dont know if you said it and i just missed it, but you used:
f5.6
1/125
and iso:??
thanx :-)
Hey, great video, though I'm always wondering how do you manage the skin oil? Make up before the shoot? Or all in post? Thanks
Love your videos.
I have come across one big problem with this. If I take a standing portrait, background is white. However, if I take a family portrait (they are all sitting on the ground), the floor is grey. How can I get a pure white background and floor with two monolights and umbrella ? Thanks.
I'm not Mark but I can help, you need to watch some videos here on YT about Light meters, there's some that DON'T work with Flash at all. Mark has a video or two about using Flash meters at Adorama TV, there's also many other videos about using and NOT using Flash meters. Sekonic Meters has a Channel here on YT .... and Yes there's an add on that he has in the meter that triggers the Flash, but you have to have two $150 flash triggers AND the meter add on too so it's about $400+
Sharon's lovely !
Me to
Thanks Mark for this video. I've volunteered to shoot an event next month, can that last setup sorta be used as a photo booth? (Yes, I have monolights and multiple speedlites)
I liked it before watched it
I want to get an alien bees light for my small studio, what power alien bees would go with that umbrella?
You are awesome
Mark, love your videos thank you. Any issues of having one softbox as my key light and my speedlite (or my other softbox) lighting the background ?
Cheers,
Andy
Im sorry, but there WAS visible shadows when using the big umbrella. How 'bout moving her 1-2 feet away from th background? That would do it.
Great! At 05:57 you switch to continuous light, I wonder where the flashes are coming from?
Dylan Johnson
Thanks Dylan!
Hi Mark, is it ok to use a speedlight, using a parabolic umbrella? thanks...
So on a wireless TTL setup with CLS (commander mode) I can just set the key light at 0 EV and set the background light at +1 and that should do it? or do I need a light meter to figure out the light by the background?
Great video Mark. Hey people, can any one help me? I´ts posible work with studio flash (ex. elinchrom) and nikon SB900 strobe? Or do i need a pocket wizard or something?
Thanks in advance.
I know this is an old video, but could you tell me if an umprella a bit smaller (1,80 meters) could do the same as your 7 feet?
Dumb newbie question: the lighting is in manual, yes? Is it necessary to take it out of TTL mode? Thanks!
Hi Mark, so i tried this and got the D1 1000 air lighting and the 7 inch umbrella. However, i am not getting a white background. Not sure my light gets as bright as yours and also i am using a white slatewall, please help!
I did the same set up But I used the rogue flash bender and it.does.not come.out super white.Like that
What are the dimensions of your studio? Want to build a studio and not sure of the space needed. Thank you.
In fact, Mark Wallace did a video a few months back that shows exactly how to do this. Look on UA-cam for 2cM96RDzMyM
Did you mean for the background light to be 1 stop darker than the key light? Going from 5.6 to f8 would be a stop down, correct?
+Rick Gilbert Thank you for saying this. I was thinking the same thing. Wouldnt F8 be a full stop darker, not brighter?
+The Post Color Blog (Dave's Tuts) When you put F8 as your aperture, your background would be lit "correctly". However, if you take 5.6 as the "correct" aperture (the one from the model), your background would be one stop brighter than your model.
+Rick Gilbert The light is one stop brighter so you have to stop the lens down one stop. Mark was correct in how he said. When you want the key light and background light to be properly exposed, the background light itself is one stop brighter than the key light. So to properly expose the background for the one stop brighter light, you stop the lens down one stop to 8.
How did you get your backdrop so crsip tight and straight with no sagging? What kind is it?
100 or 200
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