Hello,
I recently invested in a small studio lighting and backdrop kit, but need some help please.
It's not a top of the line kit, but within my budget I got a Linco kit consisting of 10x20 ft Muslin backdrop with stands and 3 continuous light softboxes totaling 2400w.
My wife runs a dance school so I used the kit for taking shots of her students at their annual performance dress rehearsal day.
I'd also borrowed additional LED light panels from the video dept where I work as I knew some groups would be 9-12 kids and I might need more light coverage. I shot with a Canon 5D MkIII & Canon 24-70mm F2.8 lens mounted on tripod.
Here's where I ran into trouble and could really use some advice please.......
I clamped the muslin tight to eliminate as many wrinkles as I could, and taped it tight on the ground.
Once you start getting kids moving around, the ground wrinkled up a lot, and got quite dirty too.
In total I had about 65 kids moving through rapid fire for group and individual shots, some kids had 4 costume changes, so yes, a lot of feet moving around on the white backdrop.
I'm now in photoshop painstakingly removing wrinkles and dirt/scuff marks from every shot and its a huge time waster.
Is there any technique you could recommend to avoid this problem in future?
I had suggested using a black backdrop but my wife really wanted us to use the white.
Thank you kindly. I appreciate any advice.
-Matt.
