From the course: Douglas Kirkland on Photography: Studio Portraiture
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Drop-out white critique
From the course: Douglas Kirkland on Photography: Studio Portraiture
Drop-out white critique
Now, since you've seen some of our work, let me show you some specifics. I'm going to start with the dropout white. How do we do this? I teach frequently and one of the questions often asked is, how do you get this dropout white? It's not that complicated. Let me show you. Here's our deal. Here's our subject. You make sure she's comfortable. In our case, she is sitting on a table. She could be sitting on a chair, whatever, or sometimes people even want to sit on the floor. That's secondary. But make sure she's comfortable, and this is your main first light. We're using four lights really to create this effect. This is the key light, the principal light in other words. That's giving the main light. Now there is a weaker light, it's a fill light that's coming up from underneath just to fill the shadows in. And then in the background, we have these two lights here. They're giving an even illumination on the background. I'd like to put them off umbrellas and just to get that evenness of…
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