is there a way to batch remove backgrounds in portrait photos?

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Going to try some portrait photos tomorrow but don't want to spend ages finding a good background.

Want to take the photos and then batch delete the background and replace with a studio type background. Would this be possible please?

Have photoshop and light room but a novice with them
 
What are you shooting against and why isn't it easier to shoot against the background you want to use?
 
Phil V said:
What are you shooting against and why isn't it easier to shoot against the background you want to use?
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Hi Phil,

Possibly a bush or what ever is around :-P

I may be able to find something but it's out in the sticks don't particular finding country side interesting, just thought a studio type back drop may look better
 
topcat07 said:
Hi Phil,

Possibly a bush or what ever is around :-P

I may be able to find something but it's out in the sticks don't particular finding country side interesting, just thought a studio type back drop may look better
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I can't tell you what's right or wrong.

But my photography didn't start to get any good until I learned to find beauty in what I had. I used to look at great pictures and think they were so much better than mine because the people were more beautiful, the environments were more beautiful etc.

Then I realised that those pictures were great, not because of the subjects, but because the composition, lighting and execution were faultless.

If you want a studio setup, shoot in one, if you have to shoot outside, take advantage of what you have.



Just an aside; it might be your personal taste but it's quite common for people to be shot in a studio on a green screen for the perpose of putting them somewhere 'interesting'. It almost never happens the other way round (not just because it's more difficult)
 
Phil V said:
I can't tell you what's right or wrong.

But my photography didn't start to get any good until I learned to find beauty in what I had. I used to look at great pictures and think they were so much better than mine because the people were more beautiful, the environments were more beautiful etc.

Then I realised that those pictures were great, not because of the subjects, but because the composition, lighting and execution were faultless.

If you want a studio setup, shoot in one, if you have to shoot outside, take advantage of what you have.

Just an aside; it might be your personal taste but it's quite common for people to be shot in a studio on a green screen for the perpose of putting them somewhere 'interesting'. It almost never happens the other way round (not just because it's more difficult)
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Great advice thank you very much! I'll go find something outside and hopefully have some results up in next few days
 
Whay not get a portable background, either buy a folding one or try a white of black sheet pegged to a bit of string, with the right lighting it can give great results outdoors.
 
Dont forget DOF, isolating your subject from a less than ideal background can sometimes help.

Looking around the 'net at good protrait work it's like Phil said, it seems to be about light and technique. you often see comments like "used the doorway/bench/car/boat/wall . . . etc because the light was good".

Go look for good light and it seems to make the background "work" as part of the composition. Bad light just seems to make everything fall apart.
 
Do it on top of a hill, so the sky is your background.
 
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