As usual, none of these ideas are my own. I got this idea from this guys website (http://www.zarias.com/?p=71). The idea is to get the effect of a very large white background from a small studio. To achieve this you need to overexpose the white background by about 2 stops to make it 255/255/255 white. From this you can expand the background in photoshop to what ever size you want.

Here’s my Studio set-up:

* There are 2 x 600WS strobes with soft boxes to blow out the background. I chose to use the softboxes to control the spill sideways. These lights have plenty of power to achieve the light levels I was after.

* The Backdrop is white muslin over a background stand. The floor is a piece of white masonite – Good to stand on and easy to clean.

* On either side are black baffles to prevent too much light spill.

* The main subject light is a 580EX in a Lastolite EasyBox. I really love these for this little studio.

Once you have the photo into photoshop, Crop it to the size you are after and then clear the non white bits with white. For more details go to (http://www.zarias.com/?p=148).