Can anyone tell me how to acheive the same look as this photo just the look now the water.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/belljar/89737864/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/belljar/89737864/
Filming black backgrounds
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khmuse
Tech Guru
I trust that you are attempting to achieve this in a still, not a motion shoot.
This is a classic stop motion shot, the background is "black" because it is being denied light. From the character of the light, I would guess that a fast strobe with a large softbox was used as the key, which was placed nearly on the camera's horizontal axis. The source does appear to be above the camera's vertical line (this can be seen in the shadow under the model's chin).
Now if you are trying to get this "look" in a motion project, you can achieve the black background easily with just a bit of lighting control. An egg-crate would be a good choice for your key. Duvateen for the background would also be helpful. I would add just a bit of hard fill light to give a little character to the face and would also add small source as a hair light to give a bit of separation from the background.
This shot is neither wonderful (other than the stop motion) nor difficult to achieve at all.
This is a classic stop motion shot, the background is "black" because it is being denied light. From the character of the light, I would guess that a fast strobe with a large softbox was used as the key, which was placed nearly on the camera's horizontal axis. The source does appear to be above the camera's vertical line (this can be seen in the shadow under the model's chin).
Now if you are trying to get this "look" in a motion project, you can achieve the black background easily with just a bit of lighting control. An egg-crate would be a good choice for your key. Duvateen for the background would also be helpful. I would add just a bit of hard fill light to give a little character to the face and would also add small source as a hair light to give a bit of separation from the background.
This shot is neither wonderful (other than the stop motion) nor difficult to achieve at all.
Joshua Provost
Veteran
Also, it has a certain quality of being strongly lit while still having nice detail in the skin tones. Probably a lot of light was used and the camera was stopped down (further darkening the background) along with probably a fast shutter.
Saw a great post on CML forum ... Im a bit busy now but Ill try to dig up the post process which is pretty neat to getting a filmic version.
jonnyh1968
Well-known member
But your subject is "filming black backgrounds" which means that maybe you don't want to light the black background? In this case then it's all about ratios and having that drop out because you know the ratio of your camera. That and yes... spill control.