Green screens cause two major problems with still photography that are not usually visible with movies - the motion hides the problems.
Firstly, the green screen is too bright or if the subject is very close to it, the light reflecting from the green screen will be visible around the edges of the subject. Keeping my subjects at least 6' from the background would have been better but I did not account for that!
Second, green can show through transparent or translucent areas like hair or some clothing.
Usually these green screen problems can be overcome with green screen software, but buying it is an extra expense.
It might be worth our while, and cheaper, to buy a roll of seamless white photographic background paper and shoot seamless white. Getting a pure white background takes a bit of work. You need to light the background properly to make sure the screen is not overexposed. Sometimes it is simply better to go with a light gray background.
To avoid post processing drama..keep the your subjects 10 to 12 feet from the background to get rid of the green spill. Light the background from both sides from up top. Light the people even. Lesson learnt the hard way. Here are some images I had to replace the green screen with last week.
Firstly, the green screen is too bright or if the subject is very close to it, the light reflecting from the green screen will be visible around the edges of the subject. Keeping my subjects at least 6' from the background would have been better but I did not account for that!
Second, green can show through transparent or translucent areas like hair or some clothing.
Usually these green screen problems can be overcome with green screen software, but buying it is an extra expense.
It might be worth our while, and cheaper, to buy a roll of seamless white photographic background paper and shoot seamless white. Getting a pure white background takes a bit of work. You need to light the background properly to make sure the screen is not overexposed. Sometimes it is simply better to go with a light gray background.
To avoid post processing drama..keep the your subjects 10 to 12 feet from the background to get rid of the green spill. Light the background from both sides from up top. Light the people even. Lesson learnt the hard way. Here are some images I had to replace the green screen with last week.
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