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Spend the time to cut the subject out properly as rushing this or cutting corners here will ruin the effect extremely quickly.

I personally use the Magic Wand Tool as well as the Quick Selection Tool. It’s up to you how you do this and there are many ways to select a subject. Thankfully though, even if we do forget or we simply run out of lights to light our background as well as our subject, we can cheat the effect a little in post-production and that’s what I’m going to cover here. This lack of separation or blending between subject and background is especially noticeable on shots that contain dark styling against a dark background so even more attention to that separation is required here.

The out of focus area behind our subjects needs a little light as well if we are to avoid that jet-black void behind them. This subject-to-background separation is nearly always present in daylight photos thanks to the abundance of easy to use light, but when we light a subject with studio strobes, we often forget to light our backgrounds properly. Our eyes are always seeking to understand the world via shape and form, so if our subject is blending into their surroundings in a confusing way, this is not only quite often unflattering, but it also makes for a visually confusing image. Even in extreme cases where you’re photographing black on black, you still have to ensure you show separation between subject and foreground.