How to photograph portraits on a pure white background in camera

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Every portrait photographer needs to know how to create a pure white background in their studio. In this quick video, I show you how it's done.
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0:00 Introduction
0:41 THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
1:09 MISTAKE 1: UNDEREXPOSE
1:23 MISTAKE 2: OVEREXPOSE
1:56 EQUIPMENT NEEDED
2:25 SETUP
3:13 TIME FOR TEST SHOTS
4:54 IT'S THAT SIMPLE

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@PhocusedbyDarryl 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Pete! Thanks for the advice and the images are spot on!

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Darryl!

@jakubstrumillo 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Pete!

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jakub!

@keithartworker 2 жыл бұрын

I'm out of the studio photography game but your video triggered fond memories when I used 4x5 film in college. I bounced strobes onto a white wall and then had the bounce pass through a white scrim. Sandwiched between the wall and scrim were tree branches that took on a magical dappled aesthetic shadowed on the scrim. The subject was a beautiful girl as "Eve' reaching for an apple. Except the "apple" was a bolex 16mm camera. It turned out soon good! Ah, college. Now see what your video did 🤣🤣 triggered a memory that stopped me in my tracks.🤣🤣. Your photos and your videos are top notch. Glad the news feed algorithm bubbled your video up to the top!

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Keith, thanks for this awesome comment! That setup sounds amazing and I'm glad my video triggered fond memories for you, and happy you found my channel!

@jackvainer9679 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the advice. Great video.

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for tuning in.

@JoostDuppendefotograaf 2 жыл бұрын

And when using a hilite background. In which you can put lights inside the hilite or on both sides shining in the background. I meter my flash from the point where the person stand towards the background

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

The cool thing is there are a variety of ways to get a pure white background.

@nayemhossain3555 2 жыл бұрын

I like your intro 👌

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you dude!

@burtjohnson3848 2 жыл бұрын

I have always metered my background to be +2 stops over my subject. I like your approach better, setting the RGB at 230-240. Gonna give that a try soon!

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! I've gotten to the point where I can sort of eyeball it to be in the right range.

@lauriespens209 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Pete! That was enjoyable and informative. I'm not using capture one yet; do you know if rgb values can be controlled in LR? Thanks for the video.

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Laurie! I'm sure there is a way to see the values in LR but I'm not sure how. I stopped using LR to tether because it was a LOT slower than Capture One.

@howardholtzman1331 2 жыл бұрын

In LR go to Develop, Tone Curve and click on the Point Adjustment Bullseye. Point with your mouse at the part of the photo to measure the Luminosity Value. The value will be displayed on the upper left of the histogram.

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

@@howardholtzman1331 Thanks, Howard!

@ScoopsTroopsRugby Жыл бұрын

All good, if you carry around massive V flats

@PeteCocoPhoto Жыл бұрын

Fair point, John! I don't use them on location lol. You can get a very similar effect using the background flashes in 1x3 strip boxes. I do that on location and in the studio sometimes too. As long as you control the spill and have enough space to keep the subject far enough from the background to avoid light bouncing back on them, you are good. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@delanerouse7574 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. But that laptop bouncing around in the foreground is killing me :)

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! I gotta get that table sorted out. It wobbles like crazy LOL

@jimmyhill9591 2 жыл бұрын

Better than reflectors on the the background lights is to use strip boxes. You get a more even white across the whole area with no hotspots and your client isn't standing inside a box. Negative fill, be it the black side of V-flats or something else, does come in handy when the person is wearing white or has very light blonde hair that fades into the background.

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jimmy. Good point! Sometimes I do that as well. I actually like having my clients in the box (lol) so I have more control over the light that reaches them.

@juniorferrarifotografia Жыл бұрын

Do you use the stripbox with or without a grid?

@jimmyhill9591 Жыл бұрын

@@juniorferrarifotografia I generally don't use grids on the stripboxes for backgrounds. There may be times a grid is needed though, such as to keep the light from also reflecting off near by perpendicular walls if working in a small space like some of my client's offices. If you have a decent size studio space that isn't an issue.

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Hey friends! Got a photography question or topic you would like me to cover in a video? Let me know in the comments!

@TheRockerxx69 2 жыл бұрын

Can't you have a draw of the studio set up? I don t understand.

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

If you go to this link, you can see an image of the lighting setup from above: petecocophoto.com/headshot-lighting-diagram

@TheRockerxx69 2 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCocoPhoto yes many thanks. Very kind. But how can the face be so well lit like in your excellent portraits ? If the strobes don t go direct?

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRockerxx69 The diagram and video show the background flash setup only, but if you check out this video I talk about one of my lighting methods for portraits: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jq18bMyLs5jNmps.html I'm going to do more lighting tutorials so stay tuned and thanks so much for checking it out!

@TheRockerxx69 2 жыл бұрын

@@PeteCocoPhoto Luv ya!

@PeteCocoPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRockerxx69 right back at ya!