How to get a white background with flash - part 3/3

[migge65]

nice imformative video, I am setting up a home studio and considering buying cheap studio flashes instead of my speedlights, what is the brand you are using? is it ebay stuff?

[cunparis]

@migge65 Mine are yinyang rebranded by a german company. YinYang has several models, some better than others.  I'm more than satisfied with mine who are still working great 6 years later.

[PauloRenatoHM]

1:35

[unitedmedias]

you dropped the duck, is it ok ? lol

[gnohz]

Thanks for the great video! This was what I have always wanted to see, how photographers get a pure white background in-camera and not through photoshop. Very interesting. Just a question, how much power do your lights have, as in, how many watts are they?

Just a newbie on studio photography :)

[xaniared]

0:12

[famousPhotog]

Thanks for posting this detailed set-up. Suggestions:

Use two strip light soft boxes and cross them across the background, rather than fighting with umbrellas. Much much faster and more controllable.

Bring the level of the background lights up until an incident reading of the light bounced back onto the subject from the background itself is equal to the camera setting. This will be the brightest you can go before getting flare. Try to avoid over lighting white backgrounds.

[allofoto]

Hey cool video!

A little tip for you, use your space diagonally, you get more distance from your camera to the subject, plus you can place the lights better on the sides. Put the backdrop on a pole and hang it so that you block the corner, and you can use it to hide stuff on the back. hope it helps good luck...

[cunparis]

I tried this when I initially set up the studio and I found it to be less efficient. The backdrop is very wide so if I put it diagonal you can see that it'd cover from the left side to near the table. It'd "waste" quite a lot of space behind it. The way I have it now I don't waste any space.

[cunparis]

@cunparis Just wanted to say that I am now using it diagonally as suggested. In fact I have one white background diagonal, and a few others along the walls so I can change orientations and backgrounds easier.

[vsboyy]

thanks a lot, great video...

[theoneandonlymazda]

JP: Good Video!!!! cant wait to see more. How about showing how to use a light meter.

[jdp1956]

Thanks for the very detailed video. Great job my friend.  Joe

[snappuppy]

Great videos, I'm planing on trying something similar this weekend. Regarding the light causing Donalds feature being blown out by the back lights spilling over. You could try some barn door style boards between back lights and subject, more so when you have very little space.

[rheylandsimon]

great job! inspired me a lot.

[asjesus1]

Great job...thanks!

[ramirezhelpsout]

Thanks for posting your videos. I actually liked that it was long. Because it was explained in detail and nothing was left out.

[sasktank]

good final images

[cunparis]

I bought them from Walimex in Germany via ebay. I had to be patient to "win" an auction at a low price. I think I paid around 110 euros for a kit (light, stand, umbrella) + shipping. The chinese brand is called yin yang, they're usually rebranded by importers. They're suprisingly good quality for what they are. I've had them for 3 years now and 1 stand doesn't stay up very well and one of the lights doesn't beep when it's ready. other than that they have held up well.

[emojman]

thanks man it really helped :D

how much were those two umbrella lights?

[gav5watchthis]

This really helped - I'm very new at this and learned alot!!

[1967novawagon]

thank a lot for this tree videos. you just answer many questions a have about white backgrounds, thamks for all the effort you put in them.

[sg100000000]

I second qtranva's comments

[qtranva]

Thank you for the time and effort you put in this video series.

[bigsmooth71]

This is a beautiful demo. I like the real time setup.. It really shows the amount of time it takes to set up.