Using a green screen for photography is something that’s been whirring around in my mind for a while – I figured that by using the same technique used in film and television, I could probably save time and energy making masks, and perhaps even make it easier to clip out difficult objects, like a persons hair. Clear cutting and masking can be a consuming task at the best of times!

I was contracted to create an image for a client that would benefit from using a technique like this, so the night before the shoot, I set up a trial run down at the studio to see how it would work.

I’m going to write up a full tutorial about using a green screen to create accurate masks in Photoshop – but in the meantime, have a look at the trial run below. The models are Lee and myself!

Here’s a composite image that I put together – Left to right: Me, Lee, Me, Lee:

Heres a shot of one of the RAW files, showing the green screen and some of the lights:

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Colleague and friend Logan McMillan is a local director/film maker who contacted me about a music video he was producing for musician Dave Wallace. Dave needed some photographic material to help promote his new single “Broken”, which Logan was directing the music video for. I agreed to show up the day they were filming and shoot some images with Dave, when he was free from his film-star duties.

Logan had discovered an amazing abandoned warehouse to use, right in the middle of Christchurch. This was to be our film and photography studio. Before shooting, Dave and I had a quick chat about what it was he wanted – he was very clear about his purpose and was very switched on about marketing. Once we were both on the same page, creating images to fit his needs was fairly easy.

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Filed under: Graphic Design, Photography