I’ve recently had two people ask me the same question about how I took some recent pictures. I sent them mail about it, but I figure I’d share with the two people that are subscribed to this blog 😉
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I used a white sheet as the background and two 4×8 vinyl bathroom surround sheets from homedepot. probably $20 each. Note that this is easier if you have a two flashes. I’ve considered getting a third. 😉
Also this one:
This one I took with a black sheet:
To take the pictures with the white background, you need to flashes, but you can get a good start with just one:
$21 lightstand http://cgi.ebay.com/200CM-
$14 bracket http://www.amazon.com/
$5 umbrella http://cgi.ebay.com/33-Studio-
$28 wireless trigger http://cgi.ebay.com/RF-602-2-
$68 total.
To learn how to do this, read this series of blog entries: http://strobist.blogspot.com/
This group has great discussion: http://www.flickr.com/groups/
White background http://www.zarias.com/white-
while you’re at it, this blog is very interesting as well.
http://petavoxel.wordpress.
my next flash purchase will be one of these:
he flash is this one