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A friend took this quick shot of me. We didn't have a studio set-up, and I was too lazy to use my strobe. I'm trying to get rid of the shadows behind my head, and started trying to use the cloning tool, but got frustrated. Any easy suggestions would be appreciated.

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I'm trying to find a way to remove those unwanted shadows from portraits. I didn't have the opportunity to use better lighting, or move farther away from the wall. Any shortcuts available out there? I'm not great at Photoshop, but I can give it a whirl, if it's not too complicated


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April 14, 2006

 

John P. Sandstedt 		  The picture you presented offered the classic problem associated with a flash mounted on the top of the camera - whether an auxilairy or built-in.

You need to get the flash offset - the best way is with a Stroboframe [or equal by some other manufacturer. The support allows you to rotate the flash as you move the camera from horizontal to vertical [for the portriat. The flash, thereby, remains at the top of the image field and is offset to help avoid redeye.


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MaryMcGrathPhotography.com - Mary B. McGrath

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Mary B. McGrath's Gallery 		  I have an off-camera strobe,(Canon Speedlite) but wondered if there was a quick-fix available to simply even out the background and get rid of the shadow. I'm going to have other photos taken properly. Just wanted to know how to fix this particular photo.


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