So I have been attempting to learn how to do a digital background...why you ask? Because I am going to do the Alice in Wonderland shoot and thought it would be really cool to learn how to do. So I went on the net and spent way too many hours trying to learn how to do this. I checked out youtube, and there is just way too many videos on random stuff that I found it hard to find what I was looking for. So here is what I learned.
First of all, I can make my own plain background. You can google this and find a ton of websites telling you how to do this. Here is mine
So What I learned after doing this, is that I needed to add a shadow to make it look more real. You can do this in your layers menu, click 'fx' and then drop shadow. So here is my attempt...and not a good one I might add to the drop shadow...
I am still trying to learn the Photoshop 5 refine tool, and its not working out like I would like to so I am going to try to look up some youtube videos on that next and I will do a post on that once I figure it out :)
So I asked my sisters friend who does graphic design and she suggested
deviant art for tutorials and I loved this! Type in tutorial and what you want to learn and there is usually something you can find with step by step. Also if you want to have a digital background made, you can get one for around $10 to $20 from
Lady Aya Productions. Which is what I plan to do for my Alice in Wonderland shoot :) So excited to see this :) And she will place the image if I want too.
So my last suggestion is to shoot with an all black or white background or a green screen if you have one, that way you can extract the subject easier. Make sure they are sitting about 10 feet away and put a light on your backdrop. And if you want to put them sitting on something in your digital background i.e. a wall, sit them on a stool when you shoot.
So I will keep practicing and searching the web on my journey to learning digital art with photography :) Oh and if you have any suggestions...Please Please Please fill me in :)
