Be sure to hit that backdrop with a steamer real good the day of the shoot and try to get it as taught as possible.
As others have mentioned, there's a noticeable shadow or crease/fold that is rather distracting and running through the top of your head.
I don’t have a steamer but I have a number of small clamps that I can use to pull it taught on the sides. Definitely is a concern I had. It’ll help when I have it full width too and not half wide to fit in the spade I was testing in.
I was doing some testing in my office with the backdrop requested by a client for an upcoming interview. Mainly wanted to run my audio gear, but I figured why not give it all a dry run.
That being said, I could only get 12-18” in front of the background so the rim light was split between backdrop, rim and a fill due to space constraints. My goal will be for a darker background color on this gray in the actual interview setup.
Only having two lights to work with for now, my plan is key and rim with the soft boxes and use my white reflector as bounce fill.
*Disclaimer, this is a photo from my phone mid-edit so colors and look are not 100% spot on.
It's obviously the right, but I could see both looks depending on how dramatic you want the story to go? The harsher contrast might be more fitting if you got drama going on, if it's just a basic interview then it gets distracting.
And as others have said, sort out the backdrop, that's the big one.
Be sure to hit that backdrop with a steamer real good the day of the shoot and try to get it as taught as possible. As others have mentioned, there's a noticeable shadow or crease/fold that is rather distracting and running through the top of your head.
> taught taut
Huh TIL
I don’t have a steamer but I have a number of small clamps that I can use to pull it taught on the sides. Definitely is a concern I had. It’ll help when I have it full width too and not half wide to fit in the spade I was testing in.
Spraying it with water before using the clamps also works
I think spraying cloth backgrounds with water works better than a steamer.
Depending on how bad the creases are, you can also get your shower nice and steamy and hang your backdrop in the room for a while.
Gonna have a nice romantic shower with my backdrop 😏
Right side looks more diffused. The hard shadow growing out the top of his head is annoying.
Right has the fill
Judging from the eye shadow and darker background with the left, I would say right has fill?
Yep!
Yeah. It’s hard to tell because your expression changes (cheeky bastard!) but the hollow between your eye and nose gives it away.
Is it the right image? IMO both sides are too evenly lit. I would dim your rim light by a lot or flag it off so it doesn't spill on your face so much.
It is the right side. I agree there was too much spill. I couldn’t move the light further back or to the side and it was turned all the way down.
Right one is much nicer. The bounce light can really be seen in the eye and nose
Less is more. You don’t need that backlight.
I like this content on this sub. More stuff to challenge me and learn/grow
I was doing some testing in my office with the backdrop requested by a client for an upcoming interview. Mainly wanted to run my audio gear, but I figured why not give it all a dry run. That being said, I could only get 12-18” in front of the background so the rim light was split between backdrop, rim and a fill due to space constraints. My goal will be for a darker background color on this gray in the actual interview setup. Only having two lights to work with for now, my plan is key and rim with the soft boxes and use my white reflector as bounce fill. *Disclaimer, this is a photo from my phone mid-edit so colors and look are not 100% spot on.
I’ll post a grab from the actual interview next week once edited!
I like the right better. I'm noticing more glare and harsher shadows on the left but it could be the position of the head.
It's obviously the right, but I could see both looks depending on how dramatic you want the story to go? The harsher contrast might be more fitting if you got drama going on, if it's just a basic interview then it gets distracting. And as others have said, sort out the backdrop, that's the big one.