XMAS Portrait

[savona]

I was just messing around with my wifes neice. He I tried to put an old screen door window down to create some reflections. Unfortunately the window was not big enough to get the whole reflection. Ohh well....

[Adaptive]

Do what I did, go to home depot or lowes and get a full sheet of plexiglass. Only costs about $35 and it's strong enough to have people walking and dancing on it.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

How long before it's too marked up to look good?

[TX_Gulf_Coast]

How long before it's too marked up to look good?

Not long. Plain ole Plexi isn't very abrasive resistant. But there is certain Abrasion-Resistant Polycarbonate sheeting available, but it costs! About 400.00 a sheet deending on where you live and shipping.

Of course, if you work at it, you can keep a sheet pretty clean by limiting the time that models wear their shoes on it. I use the cheap stuff, too. But I have the models walk on a cloth protector as much as possible to keep it clean. It helps, but you do get some marking and it shows, according to how you light it.

[Adaptive]

How long before it's too marked up to look good?


not long, just like everything else, it depends on how well you take care of it.


The sheet I have costed me $75, I thought It might be better than the $35 stuff in terms of scratch resistance..... It's not....

Now I just spend alittle extra time in photoshop removing scratches. Here is my latest shot with the scratched up plexi. http://www.adaptiveod.com/photography/portrait/october06/16kim/_MG_2402edited.jpg

[Wedding Artistry]

She's a cutey pie.

Great shot...to get that reflection angle to include her try shooting down on her more to change the angle.

I was doing a reflection shot with an older person who obviously could follow directions. Having her slightly look down and me standing up a little over her I caught both.

This is a great shot even w/o her face reflection.

Kaye

[Wedding Artistry]

The pic i was talking bout...lol