[Uncle Frank]

Originally Posted by Brooks

Try positioning your backdrop farther behind Teddy so that you can really light it separately. If you can keep your white light from exposing the background, and light the background with just the gelled light, then you can have deep rich colors.

I ran out of room, Brooks, but check the shot at the upper left corner of the array. It was taken without a background light. As you can see, the speedlights at camera left and right didn't put very many photons on the backdrop.

I think if the yellow gel was richer, more of a honey color, then Teddy would eat it up. He is a bear after all.

You're right! He liked this version.