Q:I'm a huge fan of Pratik's retouching!! I'm a photographer trying to improve my retouch skills, and I wondered if you had any tips for cleaning up/replacing backgrounds (for instance, turning a tree cluttered background into just a sky background) in images without making it look artificial. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for your compliments!
As a photographer, if you are shooting in an area where there is a tree cluttered background (or anything similar), a quick way of going around this and replacing it is to actually take photos at the same time of the day of backgrounds you like in similar lighting conditions and using them to replace the backgrounds.
The reason for this is if you get backgrounds online, chances are they won’t match up since the time of day is usually different, including other issues like the different bit depth of their camera and so forth. This is of course if you don’t have any other viable solutions via cloning the scene.
This is the best way to make sure the background scene you replace does not seem artificial. Plus, it also allows you to scout new locations as a bonus!
Another way to adjust backgrounds in an open area is to get the model to stand on a table of sorts and shoot up, you’ll get a sky background if the trees are in the horizon. I’ve seen this technique used quite a bit if the angle is not as crucial.
I hope this helps!
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