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What color for my first Seamless Roll Paper???
I plan on purchasing my first roll of 107" roll paper and really like images that were taken of models with a gray background. But what gray from Adorama? Or should I just start out with white and not light the background to come up with a gray? Just not sure what to do....images and stock numbers would really help. Thanks in advance. Jun 10 07 08:37 pm Link Most the picture you see with a "grey" bg are actually white seamless paper underexposed due to the different distance between the light and the paper than the distance between the light and the model. Jun 10 07 08:39 pm Link White. You can make it gray by not having the light aimed right at it. Jun 10 07 08:42 pm Link White is versatile. It also acts as a fill (which you may or may not want, and if you don't, it's a real bitch to control) and will throw some flare back into your lens. Much easier to use in many respects is grey, which is also very versatile, actually the most versatile I'd say. Jun 10 07 08:43 pm Link thunder grey! muchy harder to control the white to grey (new york look) as you need a large studio for distance from the lights to the subject to the bg. Jun 10 07 08:44 pm Link white because you can make it different colors with gels and gray by moving it back and underexposing it. Jun 10 07 08:44 pm Link Hey Jason and Maria, does this image of yours have a white BG? https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=3134960 Jun 10 07 08:44 pm Link Marko Cecic-Karuzic wrote: Versatile as in? Can you make it change all the way from white to black? I am curious since i don't own one Jun 10 07 08:45 pm Link avi is Savage Thunder Gray, No. 27 Jun 10 07 08:45 pm Link saverio wrote: Ditto. Jun 10 07 08:46 pm Link Grey. Much more versatile. I recommend a middle grey... as close to 50% as possible. Try to check if it has extra blue in it before you buy it. I know the "Calumet" branded papers have a bit of blue in the grey that I dislike. I typically get a 43 "Smoke Grey" but might try 21 "Cloud Grey" next time. Jun 10 07 08:46 pm Link black, white or grey. they are the most used. then get other colors as you feel adventurous. Jun 10 07 08:48 pm Link I honestly don't mean to quibble, but 50% reflectance is actually quite "white." What we usually think of as "middle grey" (as in a grey card sort of grey) is 18% grey. That's what our meters are keyed for. Jun 10 07 08:49 pm Link DJHphoto wrote: I say give "Studio Grey" a try. Depending on how you light it, you can make it gray, white or black. I actually like the look of studio grey blown out to make white. greentea wrote: Actually, for some of my work, I use a Studio Grey seamless and blow it out to make it white. Jun 10 07 08:52 pm Link I use smoke gray (#74) from Savage. Buy it from B&H. See my current avatar and the first picture in my port. Jun 10 07 08:53 pm Link Marko Cecic-Karuzic wrote: I know... and I meant a relatively white grey... *points to sides of MM which are about 50% grey*... though darker might be more desirable in time with experience... I guess it depends on a couple of things. Jun 10 07 09:00 pm Link Marko Cecic-Karuzic wrote: Couldnt have said this better myself Jun 10 07 09:00 pm Link White, Black and Grey are the most common colors. With black, you can use gels to create many different colors, and you can create grey as well by lighting the bkg without gels Jun 10 07 09:06 pm Link I guess I'm the only one who'll vote for Dark Blue. The dark blue works great in color and can easily look black in B+W. I'm never without a roll Jun 10 07 09:09 pm Link What exactly is the "NY look" ? Can anyone post a good example photo, or maybe a link? thanks, Glen Jun 10 07 09:10 pm Link Grey all the away. If you get a light grey, you can make it look white if, you light it up the background (paper). You make make darker by doing the opposite. Dark grey is also good. You can make it all most black if lit the right way. I've never bought white. Jun 10 07 09:16 pm Link vanscottie wrote: I actually love Dark Blue for B&W, but for a catalog where the client wants White or Grey in COLOR it doesn't work. :-) Jun 10 07 09:18 pm Link studio grey thats a good choice you can ez blow it out to white or make it dark.. michek em Jun 10 07 09:23 pm Link uhhh, grey. without a doubt. blow it out to make it white, light it normally for various shades of grey, flag off lights for black. add gels for color.  Yellow gels on grey seamless, heads turned down a bit to keep it a darker deeper yellow and not make it pop too much 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=1379558 18+ Shot on the same gray with flags to keep light off the background. Grey is your friend. Just make sure it's not leaning towards one color more than another. Jun 10 07 09:25 pm Link Is it me, or is Calumet paper the absolute worse. It seems so thin and wrinkles so easily. I pretty much shoot all my studio work on a white cove. Jun 10 07 09:27 pm Link  https://img3.modelmayhem.com/060129/19/ … 3e8f4e.jpg Similar gray with the tiniest bit of light on the backdrop to add some edge definition without the hairlight glow look. Jun 10 07 09:28 pm Link Thyronne wrote: Ahh, yeah. It looks kind of lumpy,when it draps Jun 10 07 09:29 pm Link helen keller's favorite color is-- cordouroy Jun 10 07 09:46 pm Link you sure it isn't aqua? Jun 10 07 09:57 pm Link White: Best look, smallest jpeg, cheapest print. Jun 10 07 10:09 pm Link greentea wrote: Sure, with the right lighting. 18+ https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=3136870 Jun 10 07 10:14 pm Link Be a renegade > > > > > > > > shoot on clear. bt Jun 10 07 10:21 pm Link  Recently, this has been my favorite. I like color. Jun 10 07 10:23 pm Link I should add that it all depends on what you're shooting and how you light it... blowing out grey to make it white works perfectly as long as you dont want full length shots... the light around the model would either need to be so bright it would affect how they look or if you light for them it would show grey where the paper comes out away from the background lights. Similar problems with going black. Its basically a question of "if using only one seamless, what best fits the bill for you/what you shoot" My guess is still that you should go with grey. Jun 10 07 10:27 pm Link Grey is a great start for your 1st seemless. Lighting and gels will allow you to get different looks.  Jun 10 07 10:32 pm Link *skips to bottom of thread* White Pro/Con: You can make it any color/It will be a pastel, washed out version of that color and it's not easy to keep light off of it in a small space. Black Pro/Con: You can make it any color and it will be a solid, rich version of that color/more power from lights is needed. Gray Pro/Con: Almost everything I see for studio fashion product photography uses gray or if you want excellent neutrality/Not sure if there is a con. Jun 10 07 11:30 pm Link I purchased stone grey - but I love the white - it makes my pictures at least very bright! I also have red, black, pink and red. Jun 10 07 11:34 pm Link thunder gray. practice controlling it with lights and gels. 2 2/3 stops either way and it's white or black. Jun 10 07 11:46 pm Link ok now put it to rest people..get a life the color is grey...okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy give it a rest now!!!! Jun 10 07 11:49 pm Link super black Jun 10 07 11:50 pm Link |
