3 Reasons Why Composite Photography Could Be an Excellent Solution for Your Environmental Portrait

Composite photography for your environmental portraits

Composite photography is a powerful technique for capturing environmental portraits when bringing lighting equipment to the site is not feasible. It allows photographers to merge multiple photos to create the desired look and feel. In this situation, the machinery featured in the image was set up in a clean room.

Another advantage of composite photography is its flexibility in changing the background or the person in the image. If a scene doesn't suit the subject or the desired mood, it can easily be replaced during post-processing, providing endless creative possibilities and ensuring the final image accurately reflects the photographer's vision.

Photographers can meticulously control lighting, depth of field, and other technical aspects by separately capturing the subject and the background. This attention to detail ensures that each element is captured with clarity and detail, resulting in high-quality portraits with impeccable visual impact. With skilful editing during the post-processing stage, photographers can seamlessly blend the images and create a final composition that reflects their artistic vision.

Is the Background Used in Your Corporate Portrait Perfect White?

Difference between a off white and a perfect white background

It is often hard to tell if the background of a photo is entirely white. It only becomes apparent when using the image alongside something else that is whiter, for example, in a predominantly white brochure highlighting presenters for an event or using a headshot in a website.

Example of an image with a perfect white background

You cannot achieve an entirely white background by merely standing in front of a white wall or paper during a photo session. The photographer will need to use multiple studio lights to light the subject and the background separately. The lights' intensity can be adjusted independently, allowing the photographer to achieve an entirely white background. Alternatively, the person involved could be clipped from the image in post and place into a wholly white background digitally.

Image with a perfect white background

A perfect white background isn't required all the time, however. There are times when you want the image background to be off white instead.

Example of an image with the background adjusted to be off white delibrately

In the photo above, we had edited the photo's background to be off white to stand out from the whiter book cover.

Retouching to Compliment Makeup for Business Portraits and Marketing Material

Retouched image to show case makeup

A makeup artist can use makeup to cover skin imperfections before photoshoots. When that isn't enough, the photographer can consider retouching to improve the images further.

An image that shows the before after of a model with both make up and retouching work done

For photography involving people (e.g. business portraits), basic retouching would usually include removing blemishes, lightening eye bags, and whitening teeth. Extensive retouching may reduce double chin, body slimming, eliminating stray hairs, adjusting clothes, and even cleaning up the surrounding area.