When working from a photo reference, which rarely breed funds. The main reasons are the backdrop for the portrait of lace are often annoying, or completely inappropriate.
For my purposes, the picture as possible is one in which a dark subject has been photographed on a dark background (usually a shot in low light with the flash of the camera). These make it extremely difficult to isolate the subject from the background.
Keep it simple
The simplest possible background is a painted wall or a sheet or blanket hung on the wall. In general, this fund should have a matt surface to avoid glare (especially when using fill flash).
Try to avoid color clashes with item and clothing. The hot colors (red, orange) in advance and are best avoided, while cold colors (green, blue) back and help position subject-out. They also try to avoid clashes sound like a pale subject on a very dark background or a dark subject on a very light background. It is likely that your meter the camera does not cope well with such extremes.
Do not use the funds to horizontal and / or vertical lines. A brick wall for example, makes a specially bad due to severe horizontal and vertical lines, besides the red brick is very hot and clashes with most skin colors.
The overall aim should be to minimize competition for attention between the subject and background.
Disorder
If you can not find a suitable background level (or decide not to use one for other reasons), move any unnecessary clutter from the bottom. Objects of reflection, in particular, are best removed out of the picture (for example, mirrors, pictures under glass).
If possible, use a large aperture value to set background out of focus. This has the additional advantage of having the subject standing with sharpness. The farther away the background is more darker and more out of focus that appears.
When outdoors, do not shoot against the backdrop of hedges. They are usually too dark, and tend to leak light that produces a mottled effect. The trees do not do well or backdrops, and branches have a habit of appearing as if out of his head.
Horizons
If there is a horizon in the background, try to keep it low or high to divide the image in half. Careless positioning juxtapositions can cause undesirable, such as hedges to be appearing at the hearing of the issues and the other.
Suitability
A suitable background is something that reflects the nature of matter. Returning to the brick wall, and if the subject is a brick layer, and work clothes after a wall brick could be a suitable backdrop?
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