Head shots

I thought I would post something else on head shots today.
I did some quick ones a few weeks ago and was running them through my workflow and thought it would be a great time to show off what my good friend Mike and I had made.

We both wanted a new background for our head shots, and instead of going out and spending a lot of money for a "professionally made" one, we decided to make one ourselves. Well, two actually.

We started out by picking colors and materials, etc. Most of that was done at Home Depot in the paint section. We used 3 or 4 paint colors, some of which were pulled out of the "oops" bin (the bin where paint mixing didn't get to the color the customer wanted, and is now useless to HD, and put on sale at a low price).

We bought a big painters canvas, although now that we are done with the project we both feel that the material is too heavy for most practical use unless you have background stands. We normally like to tape the background to the wall so that we don't have to travel with stands tho, and the canvas is just too heavy to be able to do that.



Finally, Michaels or Hobby Lobby or wherever you go for craft supplies will have a coral sponge or two that you can use for some cool patterns.
I'd have to go into the "how-to" bits later, as this isn't really a tutorial post, and I don't have time right now to do a step-by-step blog. But these images kinda give you an idea how the process went:




The light is a bit splotchy, sorry. we were under some trees in the driveway.

Anyway, I write all of that, so that you can see these:



These were my first head shots with the new background. I must say it looks pretty good! The brown is very complimentary of just about any skin tone.

So that is what I wanted to share. We are planning to do another backdrop but with a bed sheet since it will be lighter. Not sure the color scheme yet, but I'll probably post it once its done. (next couple of months probably).

Thanks for reading!