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How do I get a true black background?
Old 01-01-2008, 12:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I'm trying to get a true black background and duplicate the setup shown in this link.

http://www.pbase.com/mcmomo/no_07

When I shoot this the background is a dark grey with a reading in Photoshop of 25-30 whereas the one in the link is about 2 or 3. I'm using a 9' black paper background and I have my chair set about 6' away from the background and the light is about 6' away from the chair. I have 2 pieces of black foam core across from the light because I thought the light was bouncing from the wall and hitting the background. All the walls in my house are white and the ceiling is 8' high. I'm using a hensel porty light at the lowest power setting it has. So my question is how do I achieve this or is it impossible with the space I have?
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