Are you sick and tired of shooting the same old portraits, again and again? You’ve heard about chroma key or “green screen” is the way to go, except you don’t truly understand it or even know what awesome results it can provide? Here is all you’ll need to know to use it as a photography background tool!

First… what is it?

Chroma key solely means utilizing a background which is one unpatterned, evenly lit colour. The colours green and blue tend to be the most employed colors. In reality, you can employ ANY colour – but blue and green are easiest. There are reasons for this.

Second… how does it work?

Chroma key procedures may be utilized in a studio environment with video and still photography. You photograph someone in front of a green screen and then in post processing you delete the solid color and swap it with anything you would like for the background. It’s that simple!

Next… why blue or green?

Generally we tend to use green and blue since they’re the farthest away from the colours presented by skin tones. The procedure was initially executed with blue, though as the standard of cameras have improved, green appears to work more efficiently. It is easier to strip from the background and as a result most studios are using green.

However…

It can be tricky in Photoshop to strip out backgrounds with fine features such as hair and complex poses of the subject. You can spend hours on the computer getting it just right. Not anymore; there is an easier way.

Figure 1 – An unsuccessful strip

Digital Backgrounds are easy to create with any version of Photoshop.

I can show you in less than 5 minutes.

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Many photographers don’t consider writing to be of any benefit to them. But they are oh so wrong. If you want your photographs to be seen, published in a magazine, exhibited, posted on the internet, or become seen by the eyes of the public, good writing skills will rocket you there. Consider this a required supplement to online photography courses.

An example: you send some photographs you took on your last trip to Tahiti to a travel magazine. You caption them, number them, date them, etc. and send them off. They may land on the editor’s desk if you’re lucky. They will probably be filtered out of the system by a sub editor, journo or someone else. The reason being that someone has also sent them some photographs of Tahiti. They are not as good as yours but there is a captivating story with photographs. An entire package, the editor does not need to do anything but publish. Your photographs however, have no story, the captions are dodgy, and she will have to pay an editor to write a story and re-do the captions. Too much trouble and way too expensive.

If you send a magazine a package, and it’s good, you will get the work. A publisher loves a photographer that can write; this will save them a lot of trouble. They will want your work. They will ask for work they require; they will pass work your way in favor of the photographers that can’t write. You are in demand and ahead of the others.

Creative writing is a skill that can be acquired or learned, so you can gain these skills through reputable creative writing courses. Again most people don’t realize this. Anyone can be taught how, it’s a skill that can be learned like anything else.

Have a look at the following short creative writing course. It shows you what the editor wants. You need to know this if you want to write about your photography.

If you are involved in portrait or fashion photography, there will come a time when you realize you need to either: 1) employ a make up artist (very expensive) or 2) do it yourself (you need a make up course). Consider this a required supplement to online photography courses.

Doesn’t matter if you are photographing guys you say. Not true, a good application of make up will assist your photography with both male and female clients. If you photography a lot of females, this is essential. If you are photographing models or shooting composites or folios for prospective models or actors, you simply can’t ignore make-up. Your photographs will suffer and it will be recognized by your clients immediately. You won’t be getting any return work, that much is sure. Some models can apply their own make up, but you can’t rely on this. You simply have to get involved.

For guys, this can be a somewhat daunting area, but this is a skill that can be learned and anyone can do it. If you want to be great with professional portraiture (studio or environmental) you absolutely need this skill!

Interested in becoming a great fashion/advertising photographer and earn a good income as well? This specialist area of photography is huge, but also very competitive and challenging. You really need to learn what is required to make great photos and how to pose models expertly. The good news is that this is a skill anyone can acquire and there will always be mountains of work available. Some online photography courses can offer you the skills required to get you started in this genre of photography.

One of most difficult areas of portrait photography is posing. What do I get my client to do? I found this one of the most difficult skills to grasp and so do many novice photographers. But, as I have mentioned in other posts, this is a skill like many others and can be easily learned.

With posing, you need to be able to relate to your client, their features, flattering lighting, clothing and poses. A great way to start is to get some posing ideas together, as many as you can, and practice on friends. Discover what works and what doesn’t. Identify what different features demand in terms of poses, file these away for future reference. keep a folder of poses that you like and know work. Bring this out when you have a paying client; put in somewhere so you can constantly refer to it, change poses to suit or modify ones that show promise. When you have done this hundreds of times you will probably end up not requiring the use of your pose file. But still maintain it, you will always find it useful as there is an infinite variety of poses.

To get you started on posing techniques, have a look at the following course on posing secrets. Sure, they’re not really secrets but you need resources from somewhere to get started.

This is the hardest question that most people face answering. Photography is such as massive area. You can spend the rest of your life learning photography and never finish. It is such a diverse and engaging arena

However, most people have an area of interest and this is the best place to start along side your choice of camera. So there it is: what do you like photographing the most? People, architecture, flowers, nature in general, racing cars, sports, scientific photography (infra red, high speed, ultra violet, high magnification, telescopic, etc.) macro, landscape, abstract, fine art, figure, fashion, wildlife, studio, environmental; it goes on and on.

Ok, you have your area of interest, now you need to focus on your camera in relation to this area. Now it’s time to get to know your camera inside out. Doesn’t matter what the camera is. You may upgrade at some later time. But you need to know the camera you have now, and know how to use it manually. No, you can’t leave it on automatic! On this setting the camera controls you; you have no say in the matter of taking photographs! The camera decides. Set it on manual and take back control. Sounds easy doesn’t it? Not so easy or difficult really, but you need to learn about your camera functions to have control. So this is about learning such stuff as aperture, shutter speed, ISO, depth-of-field, focus and other camera functions.

Again these are skills that anyone can acquire and there are many beginner courses out there to get you going. There are also free online photography courses on the internet and I’ve listed them here on this site if wish to check out this option. But when it comes down to quality courses you will find the fee paying courses offer more. Having said that, they are very cheap these days.

For a good beginners introduction to photography, have a look at the following introductory resource. It is the number 1 selling product in the market of Photography for Beginners . It’s selling well for a reason, it’ got the information a beginner requires. Just so you’re not confused, this product page offers you a 60 odd page ebook for just looking.

Do you want to be a professional photographer and don’t know where to start? Not sure what digital photography courses are out there? Not sure what’s good and what’s not? Have a budget and not sure what they cost and what you should be spending?

Yes, there are a lot of questions about online photography courses; especially if you are a novice and unsure of where to begin. There’s a massive amount of product and courses in the photography education market. Thousands of books and hundreds of courses on offer. Have a look at our Online Photography Courses category and see what’s on offer. Want to make a start and don’t want to commit funds until your are sure? Have a look at our Free Online Photography Courses category.

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Interested in photography in general? Or interested in learning about your new Nikon D5000? The Photography for Dummies series have many publications on all areas of photography. At my last count I found approximately 50 titles to choose from – quite a comprehensive list. There are also general photography books available. This series is a great supplement or even substitute for online photography courses.

Have a look at the list and find the book that will help you with your photographic endeavors. Click on the “More Information” button below to go to the list of Dummies publications in the area of photography.