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So I've been a little inactive recently and not posted a thread in a while. I've been practising different methods as much as I can and had the opportunity to take some photos of a little boy who is a friend of the family. I wondered if anyone had any websites they know of or can recommend from experience who sell backdrops. I love the look of black and white backdrops but I want to add a little variety and try some different ideas.
For images with a white background my usual go to method is to adjust the levels to brighten up the whites (usually lasso around the subject and invert it then it just selects the background) from there i will zoom in super super close and pick up my dodge tool and go around the child and neaten up any edges. I do the same for the black. Is this anything like what anyone else does? I find my white backgrounds don't show up as white as they are to the eye, probably down to lighting?
I have been researching alot about lighting and I wondered what set up everyone uses for newborn/toddler child photography portraits. At the moment mine is very basic I just use one continuous lighting soft box to light my subject, natural light just isn't as light as I would like my place is quite dim. So i thought hearing others lighting go to's may help me in my research!
I still need to touch up on the black background I just wondered if i could get any feedback on the lighting/images!
For images with a white background my usual go to method is to adjust the levels to brighten up the whites (usually lasso around the subject and invert it then it just selects the background) from there i will zoom in super super close and pick up my dodge tool and go around the child and neaten up any edges. I do the same for the black. Is this anything like what anyone else does? I find my white backgrounds don't show up as white as they are to the eye, probably down to lighting?
I have been researching alot about lighting and I wondered what set up everyone uses for newborn/toddler child photography portraits. At the moment mine is very basic I just use one continuous lighting soft box to light my subject, natural light just isn't as light as I would like my place is quite dim. So i thought hearing others lighting go to's may help me in my research!
I still need to touch up on the black background I just wondered if i could get any feedback on the lighting/images!