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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Paul Wilkinson

MYSTERIOUS: Portrait retouching workshop create dramatic backgrounds in photoshop - You Need To See This

Portrait retouching workshop IV: Create dramatic backgrounds.

There are many reasons why you should add a dramatic backdrop to your portraits, whether you are working for a client or just making images for fun. And, if you follow a few simple steps, it’s easy to do. Firstly, rather than thinking of adding or replacing a backdrop, it’s better to think of pairing a portrait with a new background – they are two halves of the same picture, just as they would be if you had captured them together in the original shot. The lighting, the focusing and the geometry all must work together. Examine the lighting in particular and make sure it matches up – if the lighting is different for your subject than for the background, the believability is gone.

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