PP help

I have a photo from a friend of a friend's Christmas session that I did. She loved one of the pictures but I can't get the backdrop to look good without it looking choppy. Anyone want to try their hand at pp for me?

She liked it the way I did it but Im afraid when it gets printed it might not look to good and I know most of you can do a much better job than I could with my paintshop.

Here is the original and my try. Im not sure how best to send the image but if anyone is willing to try it let me know and I can send it how ever you think is best! Any help would be sooooo appreciated!

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Thought I'd give it a quick try.

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I'm not sure if this is what you want, but I pretty much just took out the whole background.

Thanks Dennis, I like your edit I just would like the backdrop to be whiter. My flash died at the beginning of this shoot so I didn't have enough light on it.

A.Tan wrote in post #9110690
I'm not sure if this is what you want, but I pretty much just took out the whole background.

This looks a lot better than mine. In mine you could see the lightened places in the edges of her hair. How did you take the background out? Does it look funny that there is no definition under her, like she is floating? I wondered that about my edit when I took all the wrinkles out.

I think it looks weird that she is just floating in there.
I used the dodge tool in photoshop to overexpose all the background.

melissaandkris wrote in post #9110737
Thanks Dennis, I like your edit I just would like the backdrop to be whiter.

Whiter is is then.

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Just playing around. Cannot do much on my laptop with out my tablet. Not bad for track pad though. LOL!

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Ryan's edit is fab. I wasn't digging the reflection of your umbrellas lol

AmandaMarie wrote in post #9115935
Ryan's edit is fab.

Thanks! That is what caught my attention first.

WOW Ryan that is great! The mom wants this picture for cards and an 8x10. If I copy it from here will it be good enough quality?

melissaandkris wrote in post #9117413
WOW Ryan that is great! The mom wants this picture for cards and an 8x10. If I copy it from here will it be good enough quality?

Thanks, I would not from this file. Plus this was a quick play. I can do wonders with a original file and my tablet and stylus. Pm me and we can discuss what to do. Give you a quote you will like!

melissaandkris wrote in post #9109706
I have a photo from a friend of a friend's Christmas session that I did. She loved one of the pictures but I can't get the backdrop to look good without it looking choppy. Anyone want to try their hand at pp for me?

She liked it the way I did it but Im afraid when it gets printed it might not look to good and I know most of you can do a much better job than I could with my paintshop.

Here is the original and my try. Im not sure how best to send the image but if anyone is willing to try it let me know and I can send it how ever you think is best! Any help would be sooooo appreciated!

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Rather than trying to eliminate the background I found that if you soften up the harsh lines and shadows caused by the folds in the fabric it turns out much better.


Armando

That's a great edit Armondo. I like how there is still texture in the backdrop. Can you explain how you achieved this?

Ryan, I tried to send you a pm back but it says your box is full!

I just emptied it. LOL! It should be good to go now.