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Old 08-01-2010, 04:21 PM   #1529 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dazmania83 View Post
My first effort using my new daylight bulbs, did a bit of cleaning up to remove some harsh shadows caused by the flash, and I blurred the background to remove the obvious creases in the sheet I used for the backdrop. Any pointers for improvement always welcomed. I'm not too happy with the Aura I seem to have created around my head though, it looks like a bad cut and paste or I have a messiah complex.
Yeah, truthv7 is right, too close to the backdrop. Check this photo of my wife and son. They were standing a few feet in front a sliding glass door with a sheer curtain hanging in front of it. I used the on camera flash, but not at full power. A wide aperture kept the curtain out of focus. The correct exposure for the people totally over exposes the curtain, which is exactly what you want if you're trying to get an all white background.

I haven't done any processing to this yet, if I do I will probably pull a little red out to make their skin look more natural.
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