Lighting for backlit silhouette on the cheap!

[miniman]

Can anyone give me any suggestions for how to replicate this kind of look (sorry it's NSFW - was all I could find quickly on Flickr that was close to what I want):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robgmsft/728156746/

The guy says he's used a flash from the floor but how would I go about setting this up at home. I'm guessing I need:

- Tripod (check)
- White sheet (check)
- Some kind of lights? (haven't currently got)
- Decent flashgun (haven't currently got)

Would similar kit also work for a side-lit portrait type shot (where half the subject is lit and the other half isn't)?

Any advice appreciated!

[Dogsey]

I'm no expert but I would have thought you could replicate something fairly similar just by shooting in front of a window with fine net curtain on a sunny day (good luck finding one of those! ).

[speedychrissie]

what you want is basically to get a background that is nice and bright. it could be done with basic lights but it might take you a while to set them up so that you dont start getting excess light on the subject or you could try to find a suitable window.

[Reidy10_0]

Well i would start with a few diamond whites and a bottle of cheap wine.
Thats how i got my wife pregnant.

Nice picture!

[Dogsey]

Reidy10_0 said:

Well i would start with a few diamond whites and a bottle of cheap wine.
Thats how i got my wife pregnant.

Nice picture!

Have a

[miniman]

Reidy10_0 said:

Well i would start with a few diamond whites and a bottle of cheap wine.
Thats how i got my wife pregnant.

[windandwave]

www.strobist.com is your friend for all sorts of lighting questions.

[Rednut05]

Hasn't Poah done a similar style photo of a model?

David

[poah]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantumcapture/284511...


NSFW again lol

basically all it is is a bright background with no light falling on the front of the model. I did mine with white background and a dark room.

[miniman]

poah said:

basically all it is is a bright background with no light falling on the front of the model. I did mine with white background and a dark room.

Cool, thanks. Can you tell me what you used for the background (i.e. was it a sheet or something more "high tech" ) and was the background flash lit or some other kind of lighting?

Thanks

[poah]

I did it in a studio so it was a white vinyl wall light with 2 studio lights.