After an X-Drop backdrop kit demonstration on how to set it up, a woman asked the lighting tech about the color backdrops available at the store, the rep responded that at that moment they only had white and gray color backdrops and some others with some kind of a pattern, but the Westcott rep added that she could also use color gels on a background light to achieve any color she wanted using either a white or gray background.
At that moment I made a comment saying that she could even turn a white backdrop color into a completely black color; More than one of the attendees looked at me like wondering what was I talking about.
Shooting in a studio, you have more control of the lighting with the help of light modifiers, although you can achieve the same results shooting outdoors if you know how to control the light.
I decided to shoot a series of tests using a white foam core as a backdrop, and went from white, grey
and black colors using the same lighting set up for these three examples.
Then, by using color filters, I turned the white backdrop into a red, green and blue colors.
For the background color, I used Kenko rectangular color filters the size of a speed light head, I usually combine Speedotron strobe lighting with Nikon speed lights to achieve the desired lighting effects.
Well, I hope you find this article interesting, any comments or questions you have, please drop me a line and I will try to get back to you as soon as I can.
In my next blog I will show the lighting set-up and color filters used to achieve these samples.
Until next time, Joaquin Andrade with The Film Plane.
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