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How to correctly focus on the background person in a shot?
I tried to take some portraits of my sister-in and her fiance earlier in a sunny, green park.
I took a few pictures where the fiance is closest to me but turning to look at his wife-to-be who is ...
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How do I take portrait photo with flash and good ambient light as background?
I was taking a building structure with nice ambient light using high ISO without flash. The photo turned out as what I expected. However, when I took it with a person as foreground with Canon ...
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Best way to photograph an object when the background has to be replaced in post
I plan to shoot an object (a banana peel to be precise) and then replace the background with another image (1).
What would be the most effective approach given the following conditions:
Canon 550D
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How to remove gray background on gray picture? [migrated]
I have a scan of an old anatomic atlas; it's grayscale and not really bright. I suppose it's a copy of an engraving. My question is: is it possible to remove this background relatively easy? Or magnet ...
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Why can't I get a decent white background with product photgraphy?
Im a new photographer, and I'm trying to take photo's of a product with a pure white background (#ffffff). I'm using a light box (something like this one), so my lightning should be solid.
But I ...
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Background screen for portrait photography?
I'm looking for suggestions for a portrait background (paper/cloth). I have seen photographers using different background screens, but being an amateur photographer I don't want to invest money buying ...
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Is a real background preferable to an artificial one?
I'm learning fashion and nude photography and I usually post-process my photos to give them a better look (photoshop CS5) .
I noticed that lots of photographers uses texture or digital background to ...
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Untwist a foldable background
I have a big foldable black and white background whose shape is twisted (nothing done special to have this). So now it do not stay flat when expanded, it do a shape something like starting an 8. I ...
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How do I get a really black background? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What do I need to get photos with a unifom black background (not with post)?
How can I get a pure black background when taking portraits, just like in following picture?
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What's the best approach when taking a picture of an item that's going to have the background cropped off?
I know my way around Photoshop, so simply enough, I would like to know how can I make things easier on myself when taking the picture of an item that's gonna have the background deleted. What should I ...
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How to change background and maintain realistic effect?
I have like 30 different photos to process like this, but I want to know key things to maintain realistic photo by changing it's background, or maybe just modify background so it would be more ...
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How to take bokeh photo with nikon coolpix s6300 [duplicate]
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Is it possible to take shallow depth of field photos with point-and-shoot cameras?
I have just bought Nikon Coolpix S6300. I want to take bokeh photograph. So, please ...
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How to record videos with blurred background with Nikon D5100 [closed]
Has anyone tried to shoot videos with blurred backgrounds using the Nikon D5100. I am trying to shoot cooking video, but with the a blurred background.
I have 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom ...
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Portrait to Landscape - Common Extra Space Fillers?
I have a lot of portrait photos that I would like to make landscape. They're not high-res enough to just crop out a landscape section of the photo for my purposes.
What are common techniques and ...
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How do I prevent the background from going dark when using the flash with a subject?
This is with Flash, short shutter exposure time, and zoomed in
This is without Flash but with long shutter exposure time
when using the Flash the background tends to get dark and the subject ...
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How do I equalize the background brighness level for multiple photos?
Imagine that there are 50-60 photos from a photosession. Their background color is white, and nearly every photo's background tone and brightness differs from each other. I want to equalize and get ...
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What is the best method to extract a subject from a Greenscreen?
I am searching for a better method to cut people out of my greenscreen backdrop ...
The main problem is the hair ...
Actually I use the freeware Easygreenscreen Photoshop action
I also know the ...
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Clear and sharp shot of a static object on a very blurry background (EOS550D) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I maximise that “blurry background, sharp subject” (bokeh) effect?
I am trying to achieve clear and sharp shot of a static object on a very blurry ...
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What is the best way to clean studio backgrounds in Photoshop?
Studio backgrounds can be a pain in the but. They get wrinkled, they're hard to roll in and out and they get easily dirty.
Does anybody know a good technique (or tutorial) how to clean them in ...
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Why does a larger aperture cause more blur of the background? [duplicate]
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Technically, why is the out of focus area blurred more when using a bigger aperture?
Why is it that a larger lens aperture produces a shorter depth of field, causing the ...
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How do I properly do shadowless product photos?
My friend asked me to create a photo like this. I noticed that its shadowless and my first question is whether it was setup to be shadowless, or was it made shadowless in post? How many lights are ...
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Where can I get instructions for making paper background props for photographs of small figurines? [closed]
I would like to know if there are any sites or books that I can learn to make paper props for background (e.g. grass, trees, buildings...).
I have a few figurines but my photographs look pretty plain ...
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What kind of backdrop works best for a home studio setup?
I want to grow my home setup, and am working on finding the right background for portraiture.
I was looking at a black velour photo backdrop am wondering what I should consider. Should it be ...
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What do I need to get photos with a unifom black background (not with post)?
Often i see portraits such as the one below and like the way they look. I wanted to know can I get this look in my shots.
I am sure there are professional materials you can get to outfit a studio ...
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Regarding the “background layer” in Photoshop
I'm referring to the layer "Background" that is automatically created. What's the purpose of this layer? Will I loose some functionality if I duplicate it and remove the original?
I feel this layer ...
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How do you avoid a dim portrait with a bright background and no external flash?
I took a picture once in a beautiful location with an awesome background, and a cool location to get the shot. The problem is, the location of the subject had substantially less light then the ...
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How can I create an inexpensive white backdrop?
I'm about to do some more clothing photography, this time with the clothing flat on the floor and the camera looking straight down at the subject.
Does anyone have any tips for creating an ...
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What equipment is needed for a basic product shoot studio?
Our college is setting up a photo studio in campus. Mostly the we do product shoots. We have some old strobes, softboxes to start with. We need suggestions on the equipments listed below.
Which are ...
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What is background compression?
What does the term "background compression" mean? How would you tell you're achieving it, and how would you achieve it? Ideally, the right answer would also explain how this is related to ...
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How do I easily remove an almost-white background?
I want a "product shot" style photo of several small objects without any background (pure white background).
Knowing the hours of work involved in properly deep-etching, but not having nice lighting ...
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How do you light the background for chroma key work?
How do you use flashes to achieve an even, well-lit background when photographing a subject against a green or blue chromakey background? One flash, two? What position? What about light modifiers, ...
