How do I make create total pitch black background ?

Hi, I'm using a Canon 600D, and that's all I have. A Canon 600D dslr and a tripod. Later on today I will be taking pictures for my friend, I'm doing a few research on how can I make my background pitch back ( Or as they call it, Invisible Black Drop ) while the subject that I want to focus on is bright. I tried using manual mode and with my built in flash but the results were not good at all. 
I heard that we could do the same trick using photoshop OR lightroom, hence I am hoping to get some advice or tutorial from here.

First, lower your exposure little by little until the background is as black as you want it.

Then, add light to your subject little by little until they're exposed the way you want them to be.

You'll need a lot of flash power if your background isn't black already. You'll also need to control the light if the space is small, otherwise the light will spill into your background.

Izac94 wrote:

Hi, I'm using a Canon 600D, and that's all I have. A Canon 600D dslr and a tripod. Later on today I will be taking pictures for my friend, I'm doing a few research on how can I make my background pitch back ( Or as they call it, Invisible Black Drop ) while the subject that I want to focus on is bright. I tried using manual mode and with my built in flash but the results were not good at all.
I heard that we could do the same trick using photoshop OR lightroom, hence I am hoping to get some advice or tutorial from here.

Welcome to the Forum I-94,

Excellent advice so far.

My suggestion would be to not use the built-in flash. Do you have a work-light? Or a lamp maybe?

Can I ask what it is you will be photographing? Animate or inanimate? Moving or non-moving. A person? (headshot? full length?). Is it small like jewelry? Large like a motorcycle? A camera lens? A knife? A chainsaw? A subwoofer? A sofa? A cat?

We can provide some more specific tips knowing that.

TIA!

R2

It would help to have an external flash.

Maybe you can do it with your onboard flash, but hard to say.

You can create a DIY onboard flash modifier.

There may be better options if you run a search. Here's one that came up.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=665974

You lose some of the flash power in exchange for better-controlled and softer light.

Edit:

Well, maybe ignore that above link for what you want to do. That's the opposite of what you need since it'll give you more light spread.

I couldn't find something for onboard flash, but this is the idea.

https://www.diyphotography.net/diy-homemade-speedlite-snoot/

R2D2 wrote:

Izac94 wrote:

Hi, I'm using a Canon 600D, and that's all I have. A Canon 600D dslr and a tripod. Later on today I will be taking pictures for my friend, I'm doing a few research on how can I make my background pitch back ( Or as they call it, Invisible Black Drop ) while the subject that I want to focus on is bright. I tried using manual mode and with my built in flash but the results were not good at all.
I heard that we could do the same trick using photoshop OR lightroom, hence I am hoping to get some advice or tutorial from here.

Welcome to the Forum I-94,

Excellent advice so far.

My suggestion would be to not use the built-in flash. Do you have a work-light? Or a lamp maybe?

Can I ask what it is you will be photographing? Animate or inanimate? Moving or non-moving. A person? (headshot? full length?). Is it small like jewelry? Large like a motorcycle? A camera lens? A knife? A chainsaw? A subwoofer? A sofa? A cat?

We can provide some more specific tips knowing that.

TIA!

R2

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