A 9’ Seamless in a Really Small Room!

Saturday, December 15, 2007 Concept/Objective:

This home-based business-owner wanted both headshots and full length shots of himself that he could use for marketing and on his website. 

Pre-Production:

Because we work on location, we were working in the subject’s living room. We arrived to his home, and set up a 9’ seamless in his living room. It was a three light shoot – The main on him from camera left, a kicker light from behind him camera right, and the final one – to blow out the seamless, was behind it.

Assignment:

We were able to have the subject review all the images after each setup by having the digital workstation on hand. Suit changes and tie changes ensued, but it was all with the end goal of ensuring the client’s image was depicted how he wanted it.

Post-Production:

The shadows, which appear in these outtakes, show that retouching was necessary to remove them. We delivered final selects via a CD after the client reviewed the images on a web gallery.

Final Analysis:

This client had a very specific vision for the results he wanted, and I appreciated his objectives and enjoyed the challenge of making it happen.

If the background is that white, is it an option to use a green screen and swap out background in photoshop? Although I always appreciate doing as much as possible at the time of capture. By the way, I don't expect you would remember me but we met in Warwick at the photojournalist conference where David Hobby was there also. I love keeping up with your blog. Cheers

If you did that, you'd have to clean up green spill, which would be much worse than painting out a few shadows.

I agree, green spill is much harder to clone out then wiping out a shadow or two like appears in this shot. I avoid green screens like the plague if i can

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