[Benji]

Here is a shot of my high key camera room. It is 16 feet wide by 20 feet long. The linoleum is 13 x 14. Note the background lights don't illuminate the front five or six feet of the floor. This is where I pose the subject. The main light is then feathered toward the front of the subject and the hot spot of the main light carries on the overexposure started by the background lights so the area in front of the subject is also pure white. Sometimes (especially if the subject is large) I will need to, in Photoshop, lightly dodge the area in front of the subject to maintain whiteness in that area. Note that the left wall is painted black. I have a roll of black seamless on the wall at right. I can roll it up and use that wall as a white background with the subject leaning against it and not overexpose her hair like it would if I leaned her against the back wall. I can also roll it up 1/2 way and allow the bounced background light to act as a kicker light on that side.

Benji