Background replacement help

[CatherineL]

I am really hoping I can somehow replace this horrid background with something fall-like. I am happy to pay someone to do it for me as I am not sure if I can do it myself. Is it even possible? And where would I even find a suitable background? I have a handful of shots with this background. Thank you.

[Damien Symonds]

3 hours ago, CatherineL said:

And where would I even find a suitable background?

Well, the best place would be your own library.  Have you ever shot some lovely Fall scenery in other years?

[CatherineL]

Ummm, I don't think so. I'll look.

I mean I have, but they had people in it. 

 

[CatherineL]

How about this? My husband. Clearly excited to take family photos.

[Damien Symonds]

Sure!  That'll work.

[CatherineL]

Would you mind playing with them? I'd love to see the possibility of how I could improve it.

[Damien Symonds]

What?  No, you do it!

[CatherineL]

I don't even know where to start and how to go about blending them together.

[Damien Symonds]

Just overlay, then mask.  Exactly as I taught you in class.

[CatherineL]

Trying now but it's looking REALLY bad, lol.

[Damien Symonds]

Make sure you do your normal raw processing on the photos first, of course.

[CatherineL]

[Damien Symonds]

Great!  Just tidy up the mask around the lady's head, is all.

[CatherineL]

Really? The background isn't too blurred?

[Damien Symonds]

Of course it's blurred, isn't that why you chose it?  It's lovely.

[CatherineL]

Here is another attempt at swapping out a background. How does it look?

[Damien Symonds]

Wow, great work!

[CatherineL]

Thank you! The client preferred the original background for the first photo in this post. I didn't show her the one I that had the super blurred background. I used one similar to this last one.