Full body shot against all white background

NewCreation517

Hey Photo Pros!

I have a friend who has asked me to take some pictures of her for her clothing company. She wants some full body shots against an all white background.

I'm wondering, what is a good light setup for something like this? I'm using a Canon 20D with a Speedlite 430EX. I can acquire some other lights if need be.

Thanks!

sirsloop

Ideally you'll have at least two lights for this on like a 30 and 45° angle. Be sure to set your white balance and shoot M... the white background will likely underexpose your shots! If you have low ceilings you can use your 430 as a sorta makeshift bounce hair light. If you are using strobes w/ light sensors you can use that as your trigger too. Just bounce the flash up at the ceiling and it'll highlight their hair a bit.

dogwood

How I do this is use a roll of white paper. I use umbrellas set at 1-2 stops more than my key on the white. The umbrellas are on each side of the paper. I like a rim light too. Then I use a silver umbrella as the key-- usually with butterfly lighting.

Here's a set-up shot: