Del_Marie Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Hiya, I would like to change the background of all three old baby photos to something more grey and modern. I thought about using the cream carpet in all photos for babies to be sitting on or im happy to make it all grey if it looks realistic. So far these photos are all scanned in as i dont have the equipment to make bigger scans, though I have taken photos of them to try make them bigger but i will play with those once i have an idea of what to do. Can anyone point me in the direct of finding something realistic please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Yep, I reckon this is feasible. It won't be exactly easy, but I'm confident it's possible. I think you should set up the rug/backdrop exactly how you want it in your studio. I'd suggest cream if possible. Put a wine bottle or something where the kid would be, to focus on. Once you have a few photos of the setup, we can talk about the transposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Hi Damien, I currently dont have that sort of set up available as i normally photograph outside but haven't been shooting for quite a while. My partner's mother came to me and asked if i can restore or clean them up at all and i thought to redo the background and make it all consistent and modern. I'm not sure how i would achieve the lighting to mimic all three photos or is that not such a huge issue? I dont suppose there is a way to do this without physically setting something up? Would it make it far more difficult to do without the new background set up? I might go and have a play and see if i can work something out with natural light it might help me achieve some shadowing to use maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I don't think the lighting is much of an issue. It's just nice even light, nothing too harsh or directional. Do NOT try to do this digitally only. It'll look dodgy every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Ok no worries, ill try set something up and post the "background" pic when i'm done, thanks chat soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Will any of these work? I dont have any cream fur or blankets could only find a scarf so put that in just incase it helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Wouldn't you want it to be seamless? Just one colour flowing back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Just took some more with the scarf removed. How about this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Got something with some more texture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Unfortunately not, was planning on adding a texture and masking it off babies. Would that still work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 A bathtowel or something? It just needs to be just enough texture to blend with the existing texture in the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Could try a bath towel, ill try now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 What about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Yeah!! Well, I'd hoped for cream, but if that's all you've got, we can probably work with it. But you'll need to be further back to give yourself more room; and slightly higher, so you're looking down a bit more, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 I have a cream towel I can use for the background and ill go a little further back and higher this time, will do it after my day job finishes this arvo, ta :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Sorry this has taken a few days my day job was getting me home too late, ive got some of the cream towel i have do any of these look like they will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Yep, the first one looks promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Here's the first one alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Now, after making you go to all that effort, I'd better find out if you actually like what I had in mind. How's this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Yes i like that. The lighter background will suit the house and walls when she hangs them again as its in whites, greys and wooden floor boards which arent dark either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Download the PSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Hi Damien i know you helped me with this already but im wondering if you wouldnt mind showing me how to achieve the same look on a dark background ive provided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Sure! For which photo? It might work for either the first or second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 If you can show me how it will look on the same photo thats the one im having the most trouble with. Im struggling with the hair if i am to make it them all on the dark background but then im trying to decide on what looks better light or dark background for all of them. I'm trying to edit them in the usual process with raw and then colour correct them so and fix contrast etc etc. but its looking so odd to me. This is an example of what i've done so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Marie Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 I like the look of the light one you showed me but then i cant get it to look right once ive gone through and finished editing the contrast in the photo and colour correction etc. It seems as if the yellow comes out in the rug and then the background is alot more grey or pink. Is this what you are seeing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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