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Post by jennifer on Mar 24, 2018 7:36:39 GMT
Made a portrait backdrop from twin size sheet. Sheet was free (or you can pick up from garage sale for 50 cents). I used a cheap polyester sheet. I then hung it up (most people lay on a large floor area but I don't hvae that area and it would hurt my knees), and painted it with a large brush using a SOIL BROWN paint I got from Home Depot... like $15 a gallon.. only a few dollars worth of paint needed. I then used a sponge like DM scotty does and sponged on some lighter browns and some burnt sienna for a bit of reddish spots. I needed to use a larger sponge perhaps and also I think I maybe went a bit too light on the lightest brown.. Let me know what you think. This was my first try at making a backdrop.. hand painted backdrops cost hundreds.. and this was a few bucks. Again, just using skills I learned from DM Scotty. This is my BF.. he was tired when I took this hah. There is an Einstein e640 behind him pointing at the backdrop with a 20 degree grid if I recall correctly.. that gives it the rounded gradient spotlight on the backdrop. Then I had another e640 to his left (big 60 inch silver umbrella (you can see the reflection of it in his eyes). On the right side of him I had a large white reflector about 1 foot or less from his face.
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Post by jennifer on Mar 24, 2018 9:15:05 GMT
30 Seconds of spot removal in Lightroom, to get rid of a few of the annoying overly bright small spots in background. I can actually correct those physically with some touch ups with acrylic paint.
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guppy
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Post by guppy on Mar 24, 2018 10:26:55 GMT
You obviously take your photography very seriously, and it shows 😀
One thing you could try is tho position the front light in a 45*/45* angle pointing to him (Rembrandt lighting iirc)
Either that or a reflector to open up the shadow side a bit more.
Of course it's entirely possible you were going for a more moody look I wish case you and just ignore my unsolicited advice 😉 You can do that either way I just wanted to encourage you to experiment a bit with the (stupidly expensive) hobby
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Post by jennifer on Mar 24, 2018 14:40:38 GMT
There is a 3 foot reflector 8 inches to the right of his face, otherwise it'd be almost black. As far as angle and reflector, I didn't really care for this photo as I was just concerned with how the backdrop looked after just "crafting it" . Thanks for your suggestions.
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Post by skunkape on Mar 26, 2018 14:39:07 GMT
I think the backdrop looks fine. You don't really want something in the background to take away from the subject of the picture and I think the backdrop is subtle enough that it doesn't distract from the subject.
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