Photography...how to have no background

[ben b]

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[The Dragon]

Wooo mate - it's 1 in the morning and I've just read your post after a very long day( I started work at 7.30 this morning).

I think I understand what you are talking about in general terms but probably need to read through it a couple of times to be sure.. Don't go far, I may have a lot of questions in the morning when the coffee kicks in.

[Solunar Silver Studio]

I love the sound of that ben! I must give it a go! It almost sounds too simple to be true...but then all the best ideas are the pure and simple ones!!

[Trudy]

This a kind of example of the above technique...not the most amazing image but I think you can get the idea

[agent_44]

You can also do it simply by increasing the exposure compensation, and placing the item directly on a white background. I used to take some pictures this way(a sheet of thick a3 paper inside my light tent), not so much now though, but a couple of old examples are below:

[Pandanimal]

I think I might give this a try. thanks