New To Creating Professional Portraits With Digital Backgrounds?

Creating digital backgrounds and producing professional looking portraits without a big studio is now possible. It's no secret that with today's digital technology, many of the tasks that once required a significant investment in time and money are now available at our fingertips. There are software programs for almost every task imaginable, and apps for everything else.

We now have the ability to perform tasks that we once left to the professionals. As an example, it is now extremely easy for an amateur photographer to produce amazing images with just a basic digital camera and an editing program such as Photoshop.

If you are a new photographer looking to break into the industry on a budget, creating digital backgrounds, props and digital sets will allow you to compete with the bigger studios without the big studio budget. Aspiring photographers no longer have to spend 1000's on expensive equipment, backdrops and studio sets. Professional quality portraits can be created in your living room super cheap and easy using Photoshop... if you can manage to find the right training.

One of the most difficult things to achieve as a portrait photographer is a fresh unique quality to your work that ensures repeat business. Developing your knowledge in creating digital background effects will ensure that you will always have new content to offer to clients, or material to sell to others who do not have this skill.

Unfortunately, many people are finding that owning the software is simply not enough to produce the results they require. If not done correctly, digital backgrounds can produce images that look fake. Bad blending can cause images to look pasted, bad lighting means bad extraction, or they don't allow enough space for the background.

These problems can be easily avoided if you know how to create simple and affordable lighting solutions, know how to use a green screen style backdrop for easy extractions, and take the time to learn how to use the correct tools within Photoshop. Most beginners also fail to use blending techniques, shadows or shading to make images look more natural.

Once digital backgrounds have been mastered, and it doesn't take long, the possibilities are endless. It is possible to create literally 1000's of backdrop style digital backgrounds, in any color you choose, whenever you want. It can be used in any market you choose. Create unique portraits for families, infants, children, seniors... limited only by your imagination.

Digital backgrounds are also being sold on sites like eBay, and can create another source of income for the savvy photographer who has taken the time to learn these techniques.

If you are just starting out with portrait photography, want to increase your options with portraits, have a limited budget, not using Photoshop to its full potential, or just want a way to create some extra income on the side, then it may be worth your while to master the skill of creating digital backgrounds.