{"id":3972,"date":"2016-02-13T17:27:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T23:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2021-08-18T15:33:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:33:46","slug":"re-imagining-the-background-of-a-studio-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/photo-shoot\/dance-photography-photo-shoot\/re-imagining-the-background-of-a-studio-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-Imagining the Background of a Studio Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Studio portraits are great because I can control the lighting and other factors in the environment to create a high-quality image.  But they can be a bit boring with the same old backdrop. I enjoy using Photoshop to create an alternate background.  First there’s the technical challenge of making a clean mask. How this goes depends on the clarity of the edges.  Elements such as flying hair are time consuming.  Then, once I have an idea for the background, I have to figure out how it’s going to work in terms of light, color, perspective, and blending.   All photos Copyright 2016 Alice Gebura All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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Cara Seymour, 2015 Lois Greenfield Workshop<\/p><\/div>\n

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Replaced the wall and floor with a soft background and figure shadow<\/p><\/div>\n

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Anton LaMon and Kelly Vittetoe, Photo shoot at the Tek Box, Cowles Center for Dance<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sunset and water. Bi-colored filter on the dancers to blend the tonality.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Anton LaMon and Kelly Vittetoe, Photo shoot at the Tek Box, Cowles Center for Dance<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hue, saturation, and exposure applied to background fabric from another photo. Created a mirror floor.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Studio portraits are great because I can control the lighting and other factors in the environment to create a high-quality image.  But they can be a bit boring with the same old backdrop. I enjoy using Photoshop to create an alternate background.  First there’s the technical challenge of making a clean mask. How this goes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[220,100],"class_list":["post-3972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance-photography-photo-shoot","tag-composite-with-photoshop","tag-portrait-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3972"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4738,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions\/4738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartalicewebdesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}