Using Backdrops for Your Photos.....And So On.

[Keith]

I often wondered about using a picture on the computer monitor behind the figures.

It may need a polarising filter to cut out reflections and the brightness dropping down but it would make a Martian landscape possible...

A problem with this is that you'd need a very fast shutter speed or you'll pick up the screen refresh as a big line.

[Blackwolf]

Keith,your stuff is brilliant

Sorry I missed these posts; holiday snaps are great for backdrops And these days I'm always on the look out for interesting buildings and so forth.
  Good advice on the blur too Keith Another trick I use is to photograph the backdrop twice,first with ones scenery and then again (perhaps with some of the scenery moved),print this off and one gets a wonderful depth.

 ie 

[Snafu]

I like to use the free Software GIMP for the manipulation, ehm, optimization of my miniature pictures.

Heres my old friend Yeti  in his home cave.
http://ganzklein.blogspot.de/2012/03/yeti-sasquatch-bigfoot-man-apes-of-wild.html



Here you can see him together with the author having some free days in San Francisco.



Here he is in a somewhat more natural environment.

[haydn]

Just a note on printing back drops, use Matt (Photo) paper not glossy (like I did ).
that damn reflections...