Lighting Problem

[Ssmith1340]

I took this picture with my Canon Digital Rebel on the automatic setting using two 1,000 watt softboxes and a white backdrop. Does anyone have any idea why the pictures comes out like this?

Any help is so appreciated, this is so frustrating.

Shawn

 

[fmw]

You didn't light the background. Bring the glassware forward away from the background and light the background separately. There might be a white balance issue as well.

 

[markc]

And make sure you expose for the subjects, not the image as a whole. With that much white in the background, the camera's meter will try to make it grey. Either fill most of the frame with the beer glass to get a reading or just try overexposing a stop or two to find the right exposure.

 

[Digital Matt]

I second what was said, and would only add that by lighting the background, you really need to LIGHT that sucker to get it white. It should read about 2-3 stops brighter than your subject. If you have an incident light meter, it would really help out.