Super-short tip for masking backgrounds
Thursday 15 March 2018, 17:17 by Frank Doorhof | 7,160 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
When you work on location, you sometimes come across really great backgrounds, and sometimes... less interesting ones, to put it mildly.
It's not possible at every location to use smoke or change the background. Sometimes simply because the rest is really cool and interesting. So how do you solve this?
A very simple, and easy-to-do, trick is to use strong backlighting. This masks the messy background.
By having strong light come from behind, you get a fairly harsh lens flare effect, which you can strengthen by removing your lens hood. You can also use a cheap lens. These are often even more sensitive to this effect.
About the author
Frank Doorhof blogt dagelijks in het Engels op zijn website en geeft wekelijks workshops model fotografie in zijn studio in Emmeloord, maar ook op locatie in binnen en buitenland. Van beginners tot gevorderde, iedereen kan bij Frank terecht. Ook voor specifieke 1 op 1 workshops, of maatwerk voor groepen.
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