Kate, who is an aspiring model. Could work, 5'10" without the heels. Smart too. headed to Law school next year, and watch out, she's also a blackbelt in Karate.
Anyway, she was in the studio this week, and we did a lot of work on the white background. I see this technique done poorly quite a bit. Poorly in that the white doesn't always look white, but grayish.
So here is a quick lesson. Get a roll of Arctic White background paper. Annie Leibovitz did this with bedroom sheets in the 70's when she hit the road with the Rolling Stones, and others. Anyway, you then need ideally two, but you can do it with one speedlight. two is better. Have them each pointed at the background, set to manual power and trigger them with a Pocket Wizard or similar slave unit. I set mine at 1/2 power, but you'll need to experiment, and might need full power on both. Then test exposure using your DSLR. You want that light at about f 11 at ISO. Then you have your third speed light in an umbrella facing your subject, and you want that hit the subject around f 5.6. In other words, you want about 2 stops between the subject and the background, so that your background blows out completely. Now you camera is set for 5.6.
I did these shots with two Canon 580 ex speedlights on the background, and a studio Alien Bee with a Beauty Dish on the subject.
I love this technique. If you look at a lot of women's magazines you'll see tons and tons of photographs on white.
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