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They are way to popular lately for fashion shoots. Where did that come from? Jan 10 07 06:18 pm Link I would think because grey is a neutral color and it doesnât over power the minds eye for the wardrobe. But I'm a newbie...so I could be way wrong Jan 10 07 06:22 pm Link Craig Thomson wrote: I thought so too before, but then I thought that if that would be true, then why didn't they use it before just now... Jan 10 07 06:26 pm Link or maybe becuase grey gives the picture more of this 3-d effect... Jan 10 07 06:28 pm Link Or perhaps Gray seamless was on sale.  Jan 10 07 06:31 pm Link Mark Anderson wrote:
Jan 10 07 06:32 pm Link Well to be frank even if you shoot off of a white or black seamless and you aren't going for a exposure or lighting set up that'll give clean white or black backdrops, the seamless will come out grey. Jan 10 07 06:44 pm Link I got my painted canvas one from Denny's and the paper from Savage. One nice thing with a gray BG is if you gel it it can be any color you want it to be. Very rarely do I use gray paper BG's Jan 10 07 06:48 pm Link gray or grey is classic. that is why i do it. Jan 10 07 06:52 pm Link ok, i lied, it is actually because i don't light my backgrounds.  Jan 10 07 06:54 pm Link The greats have been using grey backgrounds since way back. Penn, Avedon, I could go on... This is nothing new. What comes around goes around.. Jan 10 07 07:07 pm Link It's my fault. I started the trend. I've shot way too many chicks on a gray seamless. Everyone then copied me. Sorry. Jan 10 07 07:07 pm Link I love gray. A nice dark gray, like say the one I shot with in my avi. After shooting so much high key against a bright white background, you just begin to really yearn for something else. Anything else. Unfortunately in most of my cases, it is client driven and I do as I'm told, however, I recently was asked by a client as to what I thought would suit the shoot as they were thinking white .....again..... ugh! and I said trust me... gray. Dark gray. That was the shoot for Glamour Campaign in Los Angeles and guess what?... the client (designer) LOVED IT!! And so did I. I also just recently used that same seemless for another client with my recent Zasha shoot. Of course they changed it in post for the website to an orangy sepia color. Jan 10 07 07:09 pm Link Gray has been used forever. It's not a trend. Not a current look. Look at what Horst P Horst was doing in the 30's. Damn sexy with gray backgrounds. Jan 10 07 07:09 pm Link I like gray. Nice medium, classic background. I never cared for white (although it does have its place), love Black (not not everything looks good against black), and gray just seems to go with most anything. I have three: one is a plastic like solid light gray; one is a solid like darker gray; and one is a muslan gray with some hints of white thoughout almost like gray marble. It's good stuff. Oh, and I started the trend, not that other guy. PS I think it had to do with the neutral color it gave images when things were shot on Black and White. Jan 10 07 07:15 pm Link Gray is the new white which used to be the new black. Jan 10 07 07:17 pm Link I think it has to do with the color balance and having an 18% grey background. The metering on cameras wants to create an even tonal pattern without too many over or underexposed areas and this is the proportion to which it aspires. Just a guess Jan 10 07 07:19 pm Link Julia wrote: Geesh, then a gray prop (bench) must really get on your nerves. Jan 10 07 07:25 pm Link Neutral grey (gray, grea) can be changed to any color in post production.. because well... it's neutral.. the same is not so with black/white (because they have tonal qualities).. thats why I use it... plus I stole the idea from jimmyd Jan 10 07 07:33 pm Link its always been there, but it wasnt as big a couple years ago. it seemed then everyone was wanting to use more location driven photography. i think part of this return to studio in national mags is part of a response to digital. since nearly any shot can be turned into a good one with photoshop, people have turned to the studio where knowledge is still the key so they can show off their abilities. just my thoughts on it. Jan 10 07 07:34 pm Link Michael Kirst wrote: I like this sepia color - looks really warm, welcomming and neat. Jan 11 07 12:18 am Link I hate backdrops, reminds me of senior portaits. Give me a natural setting any day. Jan 11 07 07:40 am Link Julia wrote: I have used grey backgrounds for fashion for about 30 years so nothing new about it. The background in my avatar was grey. Jan 11 07 07:43 am Link Dames wrote: Bingo ! I was gonna say the say thing...Franceso Scavullo, Avedon...all the greats used grey. Michael Thompson is another current international shooter who uses thunder grey backdrops...better light control and allows the model and the fashion to stand out better. Simple, and clean. Jan 11 07 07:47 am Link |
