Dream to get photographed with 7 Wonders Of The World?

Do you want to have your photograph in front of most beautiful buildings around the world without having to pay high travelling cost? You might not believe it that this could happen. But this is possible! If you shoot your photos in front of green screen backgrounds, you can change the backgrounds later with any other backgrounds by employing green screen software. You need not confuse with what are green backgrounds. These are actually photography backgrounds, but made up of green muslin fabric or green paper. You can be green painted wall also.

The technique used to change green backgrounds with other backgrounds is known as chroma key technique. Since, in this technique, the green color has to be removed very accurately, so there are some points which need to be kept in mind. Firstly, there should not be any wrinkles on the green paper or muslin to be used as background. Secondly, there should not be any shadows falling on the screen. Lastly, the distance between the subject and the screen should be at least 7-8 feet.

After shooting, the photos have to be put one-by-one in green screen image editing software. Here, key out the green screen backdrop of the photos. Now, you are left with empty background where you can drop in another image background. Download required image backgrounds of beautiful buildings (such as Eiffel Tower, Angkor Wat, Chichen Itza, Taj Mahal, The Sydney Opera House, Statue of Liberty etc.) from the web. There are many sources online which provide the image backgrounds of many beautiful buildings which you can use as your photo backgrounds to make beautiful photos. The web also offers other image backgrounds, instead of buildings, which you can download to do wonderful photography. Download different image backgrounds to add life to your dull photos having plain green backgrounds.

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Do Hobby Photographers Need DSLRs Or Smart Phones Are Good Enough?

With time, the smart phones are getting much better. Now they have features like Wi-Fi, touch screen, high megapixel cameras, flash, different modes for taking photos, good lenses and great apps. These phones can capture photos and videos at anytime & anywhere, because you have your smart phones always ready to capture. Even the basic smart phones come with 3.5 or 5 megapixels camera and LED flash. Further, there are many high quality smart phones also that come with 8, 12 or 13 MP cameras.

But can a smart phone be equivalent to a digital camera?

Talking of professional photography, no one could do without a digital camera. Camera is the first and most important equipment in photography business. Without a camera, the professional photographer would not look professional. However, if we talk of hobby photographers, smart phones can substitute digital cameras. But again it depends on how much the person is serious about his/her hobby. If the person is fully serious about his/her hobby, then he/she will have to purchase a digital camera. The digital cameras are better than smart phones in the following ways: -

• The digital cameras have optical zoom, larger and powerful image sensors, wide angle capacity, larger & interchangeable lenses, and advanced settings such as aperture priority.
• The cameras produce higher quality photos as compared to smart phones.
• The smart phones can be easily damaged in rainy weather or by a fall. However, the cameras specifically purchased to be used in extreme climatic conditions do not get ruined so easily.

From the above discussion, it is clear that smart phones cannot be used by professionals as standard photography studio equipment as a substitute to digital cameras. Those who do not take their photography hobby seriously can click their photos with smart phones. But those who are seriously pursuing photography as a hobby should get their hands on a digital camera.

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Selecting among Blue and Green Screen Carefully

When choosing color of background, one must keep it in mind that it should be as different from the color of the subjects as possible. Since human lips and skin tone tends to be red in color, these colors cannot be used as background and we are left with green and blue colors. Many factors are considered before choosing among blue and green background.

Green screen has become more popular in recent years, due to the reason that green color provides a bright color channel which has lesser noise as compared to blue channel. Relative brightness of this color makes it an awful choice for shooting subject with blonde hair though, but it is much easier to key as compared to blue backgrounds.

Blue screen has some distinct benefits. When you cannot avoid spill (for instance – when the background has to be placed close to chroma material), it is better to use blue. This is because the blue casts lesser disturbance as compared to people walking around appearing seasick with green-colored faces. In addition to this, when you are shooting for something which will be composited to water or outdoor backgrounds, slight bluish cast will not cause any problem.

The selection of photography backdrops has to be done carefully. Otherwise, it can cause big blunders. For example – In a Turkish TV show, the team wanted to show two invisible men trying to tie the third man with chains. They used blue screen background for the scene and green body suit for those two men. This created wrong effect as the two men appeared black in the scene. The problem was this they did not use blue suit against blue background for making those two men invisible. If they wanted to use green suit, they could have used green background. Also, they forgot to add the chroma key effect. So, you can see that it is very important to select backgrounds and chroma key material carefully.

Source of Turkish TV show mistake:

• http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/196797/turkish-tv-show-forgets-to-add-green-screen-effects-hilarity-ensues/
• https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=242283592583457

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Green vs Blue Backdrops for Photography

Green or blue screen backdrops are used during photography so as to remove these colors in the post-production phase at the time of chroma keying and overlay the subject on a different scene or background. In this blog post, you will read as to why and when you should choose one over the other.

There are many things which need to be kept in consideration at the time of deciding which chroma key backdrops to use. These are as follows: -

• Don't use same color for screen which the subject is wearing. If he/she is wearing green clothes, you can use blue screen and vice-versa. For example, if you use blue screen with superman as subject, it won't work out as superman wears a blue costume. Hence it would be recommended to use green screen in this case.

• Consider the time of shooting. If the shooting is to be done at daytime, consider using green screen. On the other hand, if it is a night shot, use blue screen.

• Consider how much space is there behind the subject. Green is a bright color and is likely to spill on the subject if the distance between subject and backdrop is less. So, if enough space is there between the screen and the talent, use green screen and if distance is less, it is better to use blue screen.

Why Use Blue/Green Backdrops?

Blue backdrops are used because:

• Blue is complimentary to tone of the skin.
• Blue-spill does not notice much as green-spill.

Green backdrops are used because:

• Digital cameras and video cameras are very much sensitive to green and make less noise. This makes it easy to generate cleaner mask.

• The green color needs lesser light as compared to blue.

• Green backdrop is used where there are mainly blue objects.

So, choose green or blue backdrops as per your requirement and get clicking !

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Finding the Right Green Screen Material

You may find green screen kits which contain cheap lights, green screen backdrops made of cloth, light stands etc. The kits may be easy to set up and use. However, this all is of little use if you do not get decent green screen material for photography. Even the best camera and lighting will not work if you do not get the right material for the green screen. Here is some important information about the material for the green screen:

Digital Matte Keying Material

The green screen suppliers or manufacturers have many types of green or blue screen materials available. Which ones should be used? Of course, the material, which works with minimum wrinkling, is cost-effective and grips up under heavy use, should be used. So, which is best – muslin, lycra, foam or nylon? The answer varies depending upon the situation in which the shooting has to be carried out.

About Generic Green Muslin

Muslin is the type of green screen material which is widely available on online sources and is included mostly in green screen kits available in the market for shooting for green screen. This material is sometimes difficult to work with due to some valid reasons. Firstly, it wrinkles very easily. Secondly, it absorbs light very easily. It is good to use by beginners in photography, because it is available at an affordable price. However, if you are a professional and you wish to achieve professional and clean results in chroma keying, you should use some other material for your green screen.

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Choosing Right Green Screen Fabric

A large amount of discussion goes on about what green screen fabric is best to use in a green screen studio. Experts advise that you cannot just settle for any green, but there is a particular green color available which is to be used in the green screen studio. Other shades of green will not produce the same effect.

Further, if you are among those people who want to go for quality products, you can ask around or search the internet to find what the best fabric for the green screen is. One thing to be kept in mind is that a certain fabric may be the best for one individual but it may not be the best for other person. Also keep in mind that the best of all green screen fabrics will also be the most expensive.  

If you want to buy green screen which is of good quality and which does not make a hole in your purse’s pocket, you can follow these guidelines. You can buy a reasonable fabric and paint or dye it in chroma key green color. However, for this, you will have to take care that no black spots emerge on the cloth. You have one more option. You can visit greenscreenstudiokits.com and buy screen of a good quality green screen fabric at affordable rates. Here, all the products related to green screen technology are available. If you need any form of advice or guidance, you can find relevant information on different pages of this website.

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Surprise Your Audience with Broadcast-Quality, Low-Cost Green Screen Backgrounds

Green screen revolution is on the move in the field of photography / videography. The earlier method of doing weather forecasting no longer exists and green screen backgrounds fuel motion pictures of today such as Sin City and 300 etc. Hollywood producers do not have to build big and expensive sets nowadays. They make use of green backgrounds and chroma key software to develop virtual sets on their PCs and save huge money on production costs. However, this is just one part of the whole story. The green screen revolution is spreading far beyond the motion picture studios. Now-a-days, with the help of revolutionary virtual sets & other innovations such as elastic backgrounds, a decent video camera, a computer with high speed and portable green screen photography backgrounds, anyone can produce professional-level outcome. Further, all can be done within very less budget.  

GreenScreenStudioKits.com provides a large collection of low-cost green screen photography backgrounds in front of which you can shoot your photos or videos. It also provides different digital image backgrounds and video backgrounds which can be replaced with existing backgrounds to produce new and dazzling images and videos. The backgrounds which are available range from weather, sports, wedding, news, beaches, seasons, entertainment, kids special, etc. These backgrounds offer adaptability with different camera angles. Further, this is important to tell you that Greenscreenstudiokits.com has all types of green screen products which enable you to produce best videos and images.       

One important question regarding green screen backgrounds:

Which color is ideal for chroma key – green or blue?

It does not matter which color you choose. But make sure that you select the color which is not high-flying on your subject. If the subject wears blue, choose green backdrops and vice versa. There are software packages available in the market, which allow you to screen many different colors and not only green or blue.

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