It's kk's fault.

For ages now I have battled against the white backgrond pic as being boring.

But then along came yoppers and KK.

Hers are sooooooooooooooo good I thought that I would come over to the dark [or light] side.

But of course I need help.

This is my first shot at it using only natural light that was behind me.

Any tips greatly received.

Also can I get rid of the crease [its two giant white cards one vertical on horizontal]

Burntpixel made a good post in K's thread, he said there should ideally be around 6 to 8 ft between the back and the subject

Azz is right and make sure your background has LOTS of light Good start though Jols.

You can also 'bend' a larger sheet so it forms the floor and wall.

Thats what i started off doing Phil - using a4 paper for small subjects - works very well

jols,
Nice start....and at least you took the first steps to overcome your troubles of white backgrounds.

Rule of thumb....if at all possible put 6' to 8' of distance between your background and subject. If you have the space...if not be sure to move them from the background as far as you can.

As far as helping with your edge....here goes. First question is, do you have Photoshop? The following was done in PSCS3, however most versions of PS will have the healing brush.

Open your image in PS. Select the healing brush. At the top you should see a window that normally says normal, drop this menu down and select replace. On the image place your brush near the line and hold down the Alt key to select that color. Use your left click and start blending out the line. Once finished and pretty close go back up to the menu and select normal. Then just do some touch up. I am better with pictures, this may help. Corrected your image in less than 1 minute.





I am not trying to highjack your thread, just want to show you what white can look like. I removed the edge of the plexiglass just as I described in the above instruction.





As Kanikula stated, don't be afraid to ask. I'll help in any way that I can. I am self taught in photography, Photoshop and web design by doing exactly what you are here. I can not even begin to tell you how many hours of forums and google searches that I have read.

Best regards,

photoshop.... and jols.....

Matt - love the third pic (leaning forward) from your last post !

thanks bit tight on rroom though. will do my best

burntpixel;;;;
thanks for the tutorial will try tonight and dont worry about hi jacking the thread i am sooooooooooo guilty of doing that myself