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plancid
Registered: Jan 24, 2008
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Country: United States

I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right forum but I'm looking for information or other threads that explains how a reflective studio floor is done. For example the floor in these pictures

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/673725/0#lastmessage

Sorry if this has already been discussed.



WAYCOOL
Registered: May 15, 2004
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These look like a seamless background and good lighting. A sheet of Plexiglas can be laid down to enhance the look.



papageno
Registered: Jul 03, 2003
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The term reflective floor is confusing to me.....if what you want is a white floor the easiest way is to use a roll of white background paper. The real trick is lighting the background so it goes close to white but does not blast back too strongly. Typically a light or two from sides or above just on BG then light subject to suit. Strip soft boxes on each side are good for BG.

Shooting manually and using a flash meter makes a lot of sense in this kind of setting; the white BG will screw up in camera metering/exposure control.

This help, or too cryptic?



millsbury
Registered: Dec 10, 2004
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Plexi



jprezant
Registered: May 19, 2006
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foamcore has a reflective quality.



plancid
Registered: Jan 24, 2008
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Thanks all! I was just wondering. I like the effect.



Wayne Fox
Registered: Mar 01, 2003
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that thread you posted starts with

"first attempt with a white seamless background. way harder than anticipated."

That pretty much says how they did it ... a roll of white seamless paper or cloth.




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