This one time, at band camp, "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd go with white. Color casts are easier to add than remove, and a > colored backdrop is more likely to add a color cast. Learned that the > hard way on my first "product" shoot. Thank goodness it was a favor > for a friend rather than a paying job. :-)
I have found an 'off white' or unbleached calico backdrop reduces any over exposure of the background, particularly with high contrast films, this image was taken with an unbleached calico (off white/cream) backdrop using Ilford 100 B and W http://www.wildcherry.com.au/showimage.php?p=portraits&im=porttrait.jpg Kind regards Kevin -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia
