Photography White backgrounds?

Just add a little contrast in there, maybe a plant or tree by the wall, floral decor on the wall or some carpet on the floor with colorful items...etc.

 

The biggest things is the lighting: if you want it to look like studio photography, you need lots of bright, clear, diffuse lighting. That will draw the focus to the main subject, make sure the colors are accurate, and show off all those lovely details (by the way, I love her faceup/hand details). Then you can bring in things like props and backdrops to add more texture and atmosphere.

Maybe try researching "portrait photography tutorials" and see if you can pull any tips or suggested materials from there?

 

You say you "finally" found this spot, so it seems like you were aiming for this type of photography. Kind of like a studio portrait? In which case, I'd say you can't really make it dynamic. It's a white background, after all! If you want to make them more interesting, definitely play with your lighting, and maybe saturate the colors more in an image editor.

 

It looks as though you are going for what is called a "high key" image, which is one that has minimal shadows, just lots of bright areas. As such, they are generally photographed on a white background. For that, the first two work fine. You have lots of diffused lighting, so any shadows there are on the face are light, and your background it pretty close to be an isolating white (you could tweak that in post processing to make it pure white. I find the Levels adjustment, using the white dropper on the darkest area of a white background is a quick way of doing this. Of course, you then risk blowing out the highlights in your subject, so watch that. It can be fixed in post (layer masks) but might be too advanced for here).

The first two images work on that basis. The third one doesn't, as you can see the edges of the background. Try and loose those.

As for making them more interesting, you have done well to include colour and texture, which is about as much as you can do with a high key image. You can get effecty in post processing, if that is your thing, by adding flare or reducing contrast, to give a dreamy look. Have a look at "high key portrait" for ideas on what people do with these. It is also very popular in fashion photography.

I am going to disagree with others about playing with the lighting for these high key images. You have that fine, if high key is your aim. The most important thing that makes an image interesting or not is composition. You haven't done badly here, but look at some tutorials on composition in portraiture to give you some pointers. Stuff like positioning of the important bits in the frame, viewpoint, negative space, leading lines etc are all important here. How you pose your subject and from where you take your shot are key to what what distinguishes an interesting shot from a boring one.

If you want to play with lighting, you could abandon the high key ambitions and look at other approaches to portrait lighting. I have done a tut here which covers the main approaches. /threads/mau...ls-vi-studio-portrait-lighting-styles.621625/

But you are doing well. Keep experimenting!

 

I notice her white headpiece blends into to background in the first picture and doesn't look so good. You might want to watch out for that.

 

For more diffuse lighting tips:

1. Try putting mirrors in dark places in the room to reflect light back onto your working area
2. Warm/Cold lights, beware! If you don't have professional white diffuse lights, and are using regular house lamps, check to make sure your bulbs end up producing colours you want (so blue/white for flourescent, yellow/white for incandescent)
3. If you don't have mirrors, white paper will help. Just make sure they're not in the shot!
4. That third photo, the bottom corner where the wall meets the floor is quite jarring. Try investing in a white paper roll (literally a big sheet of long white paper) that you can tape to the wall and let it drape/run down to the floor (to create a curve where the wall meets the floor). This is typically done in studio photography and it will ease the BG contrast a lot

Good luck!

 

You can always look for scrapbooking paper at craft stores and get sheets of different colors that you like, they usually have nice choices that would look really nice as backgrounds and you wouldn't have to worry about staying in one particular place in your home. It would certainly make finding ideal lighting easier! And if you use foam poster board to make a two wall "room" with a floor that is interchangeable.

 

What type of camera are you using? Looks like it might be a DSLR with the ISO set to 1600...which can make them look grainy even when the resolution is high. Could try lowering the ISO and opening the aperture (lower f-stop) on a manual setting for more crisp photos