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Re: How do I get a true black background?
Old 01-01-2008, 12:42 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lvthunder View Post
No I wanted to know if it could be done in the camera instead of in Photoshop.
As suggested, just keep the light off the background. That's the secret. Here is a simple example illustrated by this lighting photo and the result of model Karen:



As you can see, a screen is placed so that the light from the softbox does not spill onto the background.

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