On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:26 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >> >> I'm not terribly thrilled with how the photoshopped in background color >> worked. > > Any suggestions you have for backgrounds welcome. I'm scraping the > barrel, though I've got a few galleries of other folks pinups to look > at for inspiration.
If I were any good at backgrounds I'd use something other than unlit black backdrops myself. > > Keep in mind that the idea was to keep it light and fun, not really > sexy as such. These are like silly greeting card pictures with > stocking tops and some skin. Despite my propensity for fungus photos, I don't try and make every picture I take be sexy. One thing I need to experiment with is gelled strobes on backdrops. Since you've got the blown out white background that's easy to substitute, you could try just getting shots of gelled strobes on white seamless, and then 'shop that in as the background. The strobist DVD also shows him flashing the strobe through things like stacked up water glasses to get an interesting pattern on the wall. Again, on the subject of photoshopping in the background you might look for some interesting period photos, or movie scenes that you could composite into the background. In black and white, not trying to make it a perfect fit, but using it as a mood setting backdrop. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
