By placing the light at an angle, I created big shadows on the sides of their heads. I believe I found the best solution to this distraction and I thought I would take a minute to show you what I did. If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, maybe you can learn from my mistake.
This probably isn't the worst photo ever, but when I was looking at them, all I could see was the shadows. I loaded up Lightroom 2 and started tinkering. I decided to black out the entire background and I finished up with this:
Essentially what I did was paint the background black. Technically, that's not what it is, but let's call it that. This made a HUGE difference in the portrait and only took a few minutes per shot. There were some shots, like the one below, that we purposely created shadows by placing the light low and in front of the girls. I didn't have to fix those.
As I learn photography and make mistakes, I am thankful to have amazing tools like Lightroom around to save the day.
As I learn photography and make mistakes, I am thankful to have amazing tools like Lightroom around to save the day.
6 comments:
Notice that in the pic with the cards I am the only one with an Ace..hehehe
That is because you cheated!
I so did not. You did!!!!
What's the story behind the cards?
Both poker hands are terrible.
I like the one with the cards and the one with the fun shadow, those are cool. I also like your solution to the shadow problem. I did the same thing with an overly wrinkly backdrop not too long ago and it worked really well.
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