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Simple Backdrops for Compositing

via CreativeLive

Overview

Learn how to source, put together and polish backgrounds for your images by utilizing everyday objects, set design, and compositing. Award-winning and fine art photographer Brooke Shaden, shares her secrets to creating the magic behind her subjects. Not having a big budget or a great location should never stop someone from creating images that look expensive and refined.

You'll Learn:

  1. How to create and use bedsheets as backdrops so that your images have a painterly background.
  2. How to effectively and inexpensively use color theory and prop placement to create a set in your own home.
  3. How to shoot backgrounds for subjects you will composite in later, and top tricks for being able to create smooth composites.

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • How to Use Bedsheets as Backdrops
  • Effectively Use Color Theory
  • Set Design and Prop Placement
  • Shoot Props and Self-Portraits for Composites
  • Composite in Photoshop®: Selection and Shadows
  • Composite in Photoshop®: Lighting and Color Adjustments

Taught by

Brooke Shaden

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