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backdrop help!!

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backdrop help!!
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:32 AM
Okey, i've set up my belvedere hotel and it's behind my backdrop and there is a bad shadow behind the rooms sign. Does anyone know how to get rid of the shadow???
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Posted by KING_MEMPHIS on Saturday, June 30, 2007 7:14 AM

How about turning out the light  ?

 Sorry, I couldn't resist !

It's very little information you give us - do you have a picture ?

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Posted by jimsrpo on Saturday, June 30, 2007 8:51 AM

An obvious solution would be to rearrange your lighting.  Perhaps a second light at an angle to eliminate the shadow.

Another would be to change the backdrop behind the sign.  Place part of a building cutout behind the sign so that the shadow falls on this.  It's OK if a shadow falls on another building; it's not OK if the shadow falls on blue sky or clouds.

Hope this helps,

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Posted by mfifer on Saturday, June 30, 2007 8:59 AM

Jim has some great ideas there . I might add I have used trees with flat backs right up against the backdrop in some of these situations.

 

Mike

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Posted by conagher on Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:44 PM
I agree with Mike about trees...and use dark pine or oak trees to "hide" shadows if lighting adjustments prove fruitless....unless it's early Spring.

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