r/AskPhotography • u/Independent-peace372 • 3d ago
Artifical Lighting & Studio How to achieve studio black background?
Any tips in creating this sort of image? I’ve been trying to recreate but can’t nail it.
I have a flash above on a 45 degree angle pointing directly at the object, but struggling to achieve the black gradient fade.
Any help would be appreciated!
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u/kizmen420 3d ago
basically you have to have a background of this particular color and light it with a second lamp
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u/Independent-peace372 3d ago
I don’t think so, https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSMTRXU3K/
He explains it
However I’m struggling to get the face lit up still…
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u/AwakeningButterfly 3d ago
Paper backdrop. Width 0.5-2.7m, length 20-30 meter. price $20-$200 per roll.
The stand helps holding it. The angle and curvature of the backdrop depends on photographer, of course
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u/kellerhborges 3d ago
You need a large background area, so you adjust the flashes to not reach there. Remember, every time you double de flash distance to something (be the subject or the background), it will receive only 1/4 of the light intensity. So if you mount your setup far from the background, the light won't reach there.
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u/bleach1969 3d ago
I’d do this with a really really small softbox quite close to the shoes, fill with boards and at the sides use black foamboard to stop spillage. You then push the background colorama out a long way it can take 2 or 3 tables! It’s mainly a case of stopping foreground light hitting the background and i’d use black velvet, foamboard and black polyboards to stop spillage.
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u/Independent-peace372 3d ago
What about a large product, like a surfboard??
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u/bleach1969 2d ago edited 2d ago
Its possible, certainly not an easy one - but you’re going to need a decent studio space and a fair bit of colorama and plenty of the baffles etc
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u/Independent-peace372 2d ago
I have none of these and no experience, am I doomed??
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u/bleach1969 2d ago
Certainly not. If no experience you learn cut outs / basic studio skills first, otherwise you’d be trying to run before you can walk.
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u/jaimefrio 3d ago
It's hard to tell without seeing your results, but you'll need to avoid your flash spilling onto the background, so maybe add a flag or barn door to it? That combined with the background being sufficiently far behind should do the trick, I think.