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black background I have seen some photographs with a plain black background, it doesn't seem to be a backdrop. Is there a setting on a camera to achieve this. I have a kodak advantage
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John A. Lind |
I also presume by "plain black background" you mean photographs such as this one: I've also attached another one with a pure black (or nearly so) background. I know of no camera, film or digital, that will give you a "plain black background." The problem is creating a program for the camera to determine what the "background" is. Although you can look at a photograph and know what you want for it, the logic needed for a computer program to do it is mind boggling, and still would not work very well. I made both of the images (the one linked to and the one attached to my reply) in two different studio settings with a very non-reflective black backdrop and by very carefully controlling lighting. Desired subject placement is well in front of the backdrop by at least the same distance as camera to subject distance, and never less than 10 feet. Lighting is done using off-camera strobe, *not* at the camera location, but off to the side by about 30-60 degrees and elevated by 30-45 degrees. Exact side angle and elevation depends on what "best" illuminates the subject. The strobe is also set up with a "barn door" or an equivalent opaque shield to keep light from it from striking the backdrop. No other lights are on in the studio, except for the strobe modeling light (if it has one; if not I use a small flashlight tied to the top of the strobe). The modeling light is a low power lamp that gives an idea of how the strobe will illuminate the subject when it fires. With *only* the subject illuminated against a relatively distant non-reflective pure black backdrop, it goes to pure black in the photograph. -- John
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