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Richard and I discussed this yesterday and though it best to place it in this section...
One thing I have always wanted to do is to take photos of the collection in front of a BLUE or GREEN Screen. I wanted to do this so that Photoshop GuruÂ’s, like or own Bob, can manipulate the background that is displayed behind the models themselves. Plus it makes it look that much more like a Studio item.
While I plan to have a REAL Green Screen setup sometime soon, I was growing tired of using the small green poster board from Wal-Mart and decided to get creative.
Since studio green screen areas are usually large and well lit, I didnÂ’t have the area to currently do that. Here is an example of a studio Green Screen
Now, what I do have is a theater room with a high reflective, 14 foot diagonal, wide screen designed for high definition viewing. I decided to utilize this screen by projecting a green image (the jpeg seen below) that was taken directly from the color of the screen in the above picture.
Now,.. since I am not a lighting expert,.. I do need to try different things for future shots, but found that projecting the green image was just as good as lighting a green background for photo shots. This technique can also be utilized by showing the green jpeg on an LCD or Plasma screen because they do not have “flicker lines” when photographed or filmed like tube televisions or monitors. This means if you have the right monitor that is large enough (a 32” or better should be fine for most models), you can have a kewl green screen available which colors don’t wash out with camera flash or lighting.
With Green Screen, the idea is not to have the screen reflections bouncing off your model in the shot, so it needs to be a bit in front of the screen itself. Then with basic lighting, even a flashlight, it will be ok to light the model itself with having any intrusion from the screen lighting or reflection.
I managed to successfully do this yesterdayÂ…
Look at some of the shots I did yesterday evening of the Ertl KTinga Richard did for meÂ…
With lighting on the modelÂ…
With lighting turned off the model (notice how crisp the outer lines are for photo manipulation). None of these shots were manipulated aside from cropping,.. this IS only the model photographed without lighting on it.
And then again with different lighting and model anglesÂ…
Now, this technique was done as I stated beforeÂ…in front of a 14 foot widescreen. The model is actually sitting 15 feet in front of the screen (with LCDÂ’s this is not necessary I think) and the camera is yet another 3 feet beyond that.
Here is a wide angle example shot from my camera POV.
Bottom line is that the washed out color that is frequently crappy on photographing poster board can be eliminated with any new flat panel TV or Monitor if you have one. If not, then there is Green Screen paint or material available to make one as shown in the first photo above, but it requires MUCH space.
Of course any knowledgeable industry person would probably knock my creative idea, but as you can see it got the job done.
Here is a link to the HI-RES pics of the Ertl KTinga Richard built up for me as a desktop display.
http://www.kuhnglobal.net/KG-ERTL-KTINGA/K...NGA-CROPPED.zip
One thing I have always wanted to do is to take photos of the collection in front of a BLUE or GREEN Screen. I wanted to do this so that Photoshop GuruÂ’s, like or own Bob, can manipulate the background that is displayed behind the models themselves. Plus it makes it look that much more like a Studio item.
While I plan to have a REAL Green Screen setup sometime soon, I was growing tired of using the small green poster board from Wal-Mart and decided to get creative.
Since studio green screen areas are usually large and well lit, I didnÂ’t have the area to currently do that. Here is an example of a studio Green Screen
Now, what I do have is a theater room with a high reflective, 14 foot diagonal, wide screen designed for high definition viewing. I decided to utilize this screen by projecting a green image (the jpeg seen below) that was taken directly from the color of the screen in the above picture.
Now,.. since I am not a lighting expert,.. I do need to try different things for future shots, but found that projecting the green image was just as good as lighting a green background for photo shots. This technique can also be utilized by showing the green jpeg on an LCD or Plasma screen because they do not have “flicker lines” when photographed or filmed like tube televisions or monitors. This means if you have the right monitor that is large enough (a 32” or better should be fine for most models), you can have a kewl green screen available which colors don’t wash out with camera flash or lighting.
With Green Screen, the idea is not to have the screen reflections bouncing off your model in the shot, so it needs to be a bit in front of the screen itself. Then with basic lighting, even a flashlight, it will be ok to light the model itself with having any intrusion from the screen lighting or reflection.
I managed to successfully do this yesterdayÂ…
Look at some of the shots I did yesterday evening of the Ertl KTinga Richard did for meÂ…
With lighting on the modelÂ…
With lighting turned off the model (notice how crisp the outer lines are for photo manipulation). None of these shots were manipulated aside from cropping,.. this IS only the model photographed without lighting on it.
And then again with different lighting and model anglesÂ…
Now, this technique was done as I stated beforeÂ…in front of a 14 foot widescreen. The model is actually sitting 15 feet in front of the screen (with LCDÂ’s this is not necessary I think) and the camera is yet another 3 feet beyond that.
Here is a wide angle example shot from my camera POV.
Bottom line is that the washed out color that is frequently crappy on photographing poster board can be eliminated with any new flat panel TV or Monitor if you have one. If not, then there is Green Screen paint or material available to make one as shown in the first photo above, but it requires MUCH space.
Of course any knowledgeable industry person would probably knock my creative idea, but as you can see it got the job done.
Here is a link to the HI-RES pics of the Ertl KTinga Richard built up for me as a desktop display.
http://www.kuhnglobal.net/KG-ERTL-KTINGA/K...NGA-CROPPED.zip
