photo shoot pullback

i always love before and afters.
i love seeing how people work their photography magic.
so i thought i would give you a little idea of a few tricks i use.

i love the clean, crisp backgrounds - for indoor shots, although i definitely prefer outdoor shooting!
so..
i bought this super awesome seamless paper that i found on craigslist for really cheap.
then i always wonder how to end it at the bottom of the floor without it looking awkward. i mean photoshop can only do so much!
so..
i bought a 5 foot piece of molding

here is the pullback of what that looked like.

i had scheduled to have a shoot with 3 little boys whose dad is in afghanistan right now.
i started by having the twins draw pictures for their daddy. wanted to get them to feel a little more comfortable before i started forcing them to pose!
doesn't this look like a regular room?

i always like the pictures with the super cool reflections on the floor.
of course, i do not have a studio or anything, so i bought a piece of plexiglass
and put it on top of the seamless paper.

here is the before and after

i had to crop it a little bit, and blend in the seam of the plexiglass with photoshop...which, now as i look at it, i see that i did not do that part perfectly, but it was just for this demonstration!

quick tip...always put your subject a couple of feet away from the background so you don't get nasty shadows behind them!

and there you have it.
a few little tricks that i use to make my work look the way i want without a studio of my own!
hope you enjoyed it!

feel free to ask me any questions you might have about your own photography!