Turning a grey background almost any colour

[elyshiamadison]

Found this video tutorial on how to make a grey background turn different colours with 2 strobes, hope it's helpful to someone

Grey background lighting tips and tricks

[SRR33]

Thank you. Will come in handy thats for sure

[elyshiamadison]

My grey background arrived - thought I would post to show it can be done These are all SOOC, just resized in lightroom and converted to JPEG.
Background is a "chalky" grey colour.


IMG_9172-2 by elyshiamadison, on Flickr
Close to the original grey colour


IMG_9179-3 by elyshiamadison, on Flickr
Darker grey background created


IMG_9200-5 by elyshiamadison, on Flickr
Close to black (with some tweaking to my lighting setup I should be able to get that perfect black)


IMG_9196-4 by elyshiamadison, on Flickr
White background

All of these were created with the same background, moving lights around and changing apertures

[I @ M]

Well done

Glad to see that it is working for you.

[wolffman]

Nice work, very versatile background.

[ricstew]

well done! This was something I was reading up on yesterday but havent had a chance to play with yet. Congratulations to your very patent model who looks fabulous!

[elyshiamadison]

Thanks! She's a cutie but she so hates it when I pull out my gear now

I need to work on my lighting skills but I am happy with the first real attempt....

[FallingHorse]

I find bribery work for the little one lol

[bindiblue]

Great post, thanks so much for the link, off to give this a try .