Get an Invisible Black Background to Your Portraits – Shooting Anywhere [VIDEO]

In this video Glyn Dewis demonstrates how he gets his ‘Invisible Black Background’ effect when taking a portrait. The technique will allow you to take a low key atmospheric portrait with a black background almost anywhere – even outdoors during the day!

To get the shot Glyn just uses his DSLR, a single Speedlight Flash, a cheap umbrella and a PocketWizard to trigger the flash (although you can do this with any method of triggering a remote flash that you have).

Further Reading:

Check out our article on the same topic at How to Create Dark Moody Low-Key Portraits with Minimal Gear