PURE WHITE BACKGROUNDS

After much ado about getting a pure white background with no shadows for my next photoshoot, I can't help but want to share the one common element to all the information I read. That one thing is PHOTOSHOP! After discussion of the proper lighting scenario, most of the articles I read stated to get the pure white background you would have to go to Photoshop. YES! That "pure white" background is technically called paper white and can't be achieved any other way than through editing in Photoshop. And here is another quick little trick that might help you out. One should still strive to keep the background as smooth as possible and eliminate shadows because when you do your editing in Photoshop, it will be much quicker if you use the quick selection tool to select the background, and then fill with white. The quickest way to fill with the paper white we are striving for is under the edit menu. Look for the word "fill" content will be white. Thus you have your paperweight background. 

I'd be the first to admit that there is more than one way to edit in Photoshop but unless you have alot of time on your hands, this is the quickest way in my opinion.