Create A Black Background From A White Wall: Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace




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“How do you turn a white wall black?” – This is one of the most common questions viewers ask Mark Wallace about his lighting setups. In this episode, Mark explains how to position and control your light spill to turn white walls into black backgrounds.

Model: María Andrea
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Products Used:

Leica M10 Mirrorless Digital Rangefinder Camera, Black
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Leica 50mm f/1.4 SUMMILUX-M Aspherical -Black
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Profoto B2 250 AirTTL To-Go Kit
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Profoto Air Remote Transceiver
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Profoto 2′ Octagonal Off-Camera Flash Softbox
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Profoto Off-Camera Flash Speedring for Profoto B1 and B2
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Profoto 2′ Octagonal Off-Camera Flash Softgrid
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Production Equipment Used:

Sony Alpha a7 III 24MP UHD 4K Mirrorless Digital Camera with FE 28-70mm Lens
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DJI Osmo Pocket
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Sennheiser Evolution G3
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Flashpoint XPLOR 600 TTL Exclusive Kit
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Flashpoint Grid Set, for 8″” Reflectors, Consists of 1 each: 10 deg., 20 deg., 30 deg.and 40 deg. Grids
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34 responses to “Create A Black Background From A White Wall: Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace”

  1. Can this be done without the flashlight that’s connected to the soft box? I do t have one of those as I am just starting out. I do own soft boxes though

  2. I can't get the background black when I try this. Idk what I'm doing wrong. When I set my camera iso 100, shutter 200, f8 its pitch black with ambient room light on. As soon as I turn the flash on and take a photo with subject the background still appears. Not as bright but nonetheless it's still appears. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I'm using the godox tt685n flash with manfroto speedbox compact

  3. Great in a large studio but in a smaller room there will be light bouncing off other walls. To combat this, put a cheap backdrop stand with a black backdrop attached to it behind the model, opposite the flash and just out of frame, this will greatly reduce the amount of light bouncing back onto the white wall and spoiling the effect.

  4. Great tutorial, Mark. By taking into account the equation for light fall-off, you can also darken your light background by moving your subject away from the background and your light toward your subject. The bigger the difference between the distance from light-to-subject and subject-to-background, the darker the background will get, even if you're shooting right at it (sounds counter-intuitive; light is odd).

  5. I love how you moved the video camera to show the wall’s proximity to the flash. Many instructional videos don’t give a clear 3D representation of the location, distance and angles of everything on-set. Brilliantly done.

  6. If u still find it complicated to understand all u need to do is to switch off flash.dial on your camera f11 1/250th ISO 100.take a picture of background.all have to be pitch black.if it is not stop it further to f16. Then place model away from wall.dial flash power at 1/2 of power.take a pic.done.u might want to play with power of flash depending what ur using but don.t change any settings in camera.have fun

  7. The softbox grid should make a significant difference in a small studio space. I am not sure if that was mentioned, but it is something to consider to replicate the results so close to a wall.

  8. Thank you for this video. Will I be right if I say that any colored wall would turn to black as long as the camera settings eliminate the light in space and that the light from the stobe does not hit the background? There might even be paintings and picture frames hanging on the wall. Thank you.

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