Author Topic: backgrounds and lightning (Read 4397 times)

vphoto · « **on:** November 01, 2007, 10:10 »

I want to emulate the photo below, but I am not sure if they used a light box and put a painted background paper on it, or just shot the painted background that had already darker rim around it. What do you think ?

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/4467390_grungy_old_paper.php?id=4467390

vphoto

cameraB · « **Reply #1 on:** November 02, 2007, 18:00 »

The darker edges may have been done in Photoshop.

I haven't studied this closely but my guess is they shot it with reflected light rather than light shining through it. Just my guess.

sharply_done · « **Reply #2 on:** November 02, 2007, 18:15 »

This, to me, provides a valuable lesson in image sizing. The contibutor would make more money if she/he had made the image a mere 184 pixels wider, which would give it an XL size on IS.

In order to maximize income you need to pay attention to image sizes when posting to the various sites.