| Chroma Key photography refers to the process of | | | | the background. A photographer should deploy a high |
| digitally replacing the background image in a | | | | quality camera that focuses a subject clearly. A |
| photograph with any other selected image. You also | | | | clearly focused subject and background image makes |
| call it as Green Screen Photography. Photographers | | | | a picture attractive. After taking the picture, you can |
| deploy this technique to create a unique and striking | | | | then replace the background image digitally. |
| cinematography. | | | | A photograph can use overlay effects. To use |
| Techniques to add effects to photographs: | | | | overlay effects you need to capture and record an |
| It is a fun loving activity to embellish your | | | | image. Edit the image and merge it with your |
| photographs with visual effects. A photographer | | | | photograph. Example, if you want to show your |
| should first photograph scenery that he wants to | | | | subject sitting in the midst of flowers, you can |
| replace with the background of a subject. After you | | | | merge the picture of flowers around the subject. |
| have collected quality pictures, you can now place | | | | You can also make a subject invisible by covering his |
| your subject against the green or blue screen | | | | face with the cloth of a blue or green color that you |
| background in the studio. However, a photographer | | | | use in the background. One can even make a person |
| should ensure that the subject should not wear blue | | | | giant by making the buildings or other surroundings |
| or green color used in the background. The | | | | small digitally. A person can even use a cloning effect |
| foreground subject as well the background should | | | | by taking two separate images of a subject. You can |
| have proper lighting. You can use light of around 250 | | | | use the second image in the background in such a |
| to 600 watts. This is to avoid any kind of dark | | | | way so that these two images together give a |
| shadows on the face of a subject or dark spots on | | | | cloning effect. There are many other effects that |
| the background screen. A well-ironed background | | | | you can use with chroma key photography and |
| screen cloth properly masks the selected image at | | | | make extensive use of creativity. |