Turning a grey background almost any colour

[elyshiamadison]

Found this video tutorial on how to make a grey background turn different colours with 2 strobes, hope it's helpful to someone ;)

Grey background lighting tips and tricks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDGn4VzEOlU)

[SRR33]

Thank you. Will come in handy thats for sure :)

[elyshiamadison]

My grey background arrived - thought I would post to show it can be done ;) These are all SOOC, just resized in lightroom and converted to JPEG.
Background is a "chalky" grey colour.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/5131383040_c8b24b4d45.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5131383040/)
IMG_9172-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5131383040/) by elyshiamadison (http://www.flickr.com/people/elyshiamadison/), on Flickr
Close to the original grey colour

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/5131383306_d86e1287fc.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5131383306/)
IMG_9179-3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5131383306/) by elyshiamadison (http://www.flickr.com/people/elyshiamadison/), on Flickr
Darker grey background created

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5131383794_e821459b7b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5131383794/)
IMG_9200-5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5131383794/) by elyshiamadison (http://www.flickr.com/people/elyshiamadison/), on Flickr
Close to black (with some tweaking to my lighting setup I should be able to get that perfect black)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1125/5131383582_3cb904532b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5131383582/)
IMG_9196-4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elyshiamadison/5131383582/) by elyshiamadison (http://www.flickr.com/people/elyshiamadison/), on Flickr
White background

All of these were created with the same background, moving lights around and changing apertures ;)

[I @ M]

Well done :th3:

Glad to see that it is working for you.

[wolffman]

Nice work, very versatile background.

[ricstew]

well done! This was something I was reading up on yesterday but havent had a chance to play with yet. Congratulations to your very patent model who looks fabulous!

[elyshiamadison]

Thanks! She's a cutie but she so hates it when I pull out my gear now :(

I need to work on my lighting skills but I am happy with the first real attempt....

[FallingHorse]

I find bribery work for the little one lol :D

[bindiblue]

Great post, thanks so much for the link, off to give this a try .