gonightboat Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I think it would be great to have a NASA back drop when the photo's are taken . Be nice to have that so that when you show folks the photo's or when you use them as profile pics ect ,they see that they are Nasa related . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Fooku Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 The astronaut in the picture might be a bigger hint that it's NASA related! They did have a lunar landscape background made for an event a year or two back but I think someone said that it caused a reflection issue on the photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonightboat Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Yes , no need to be sarcastic , Sometimes the Astronaut wears nothing to show that they are an Astronaut . Occasionally they wear a Nasa jacket ect . I think it would be nice to have the Nasa meatball logo behind . Lets face it most folks cant name an Astronaut so it just looks like a photo with random guys . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarfbabe Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Maybe a green screen background, like they do on some of the prop shoots at LFCC and Collectormania, could be an option. Obviously wouldn't be the same as a NASA backdrop but with the right image it could work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithporter23 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Maybe a green screen background, like they do on some of the prop shoots at LFCC and Collectormania, could be an option. Obviously wouldn't be the same as a NASA backdrop but with the right image it could work. I think the green screen backgrounds are terrible; you may as well just Photoshop a photo you've taken at home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18blue78 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Kevla you are assuming Autographica set the prices & not the agents of the guests. The other event you've mentioned is a completly different set up to Autographica so it is unfair to compare the prices of the two. As for the back drop there was a Luna one at Autographica a few shows ago but the reflection off the surface played havoc with the photographers lighting so the plan to use it was scrapped. I've had photos with the green-screen added back drop & while they highlight the achievements of the astronauts the image quality is vastly poorer then the setup used at Autographica, although I do agree that the old school photo style back drop in use at the moment is a little bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonightboat Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 I know that comments have been made regarding the problems with the back drop causing reflective issues , Surely a decent photographer is able to deal with that . After all back drops are used all the time . People take there children to pixie photo and have no issues , I had a photo taken at KSC a few years ago and they used a NASA back drop and it looked great . I think this could be done without too much hassle . It would add so much to the look of the photo's. Its a common sense thing really . A good camera and photographer should easily be able to cope with a back drop ...surely . Geez , Even I can do it and I am no proffessional photographer . Great comment btw Kevla . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 There's some situations where not even a pro photographer can do something, especially if the issue is discovered on short notice. There were several tries made, but the situation wasn't timely solved. That's why the decision was made to not use the backdrop back then. I honestly don't know if there's any plans to try again with a different version. Pixie Photos is a slightly different thing - they work with a standard set up. If they open a new location I am sure they have a handbook the size of the Harry Potter books for setup questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonightboat Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 There are posts on here saying that people have had photo's taken with a back drop without any trouble what so ever . I just do not believe that it should be a problem to provide a suitable back drop appropriate to the situation . Then we can display our photo's on the wall or where ever and folks will know and be curious to understand who is in the photo instead of passing by thinking that its a photo of you and your grand- parents. I understand there is a cost involved but after paying the sometimes considerable sums involved I really think this could be done without too much trouble . I have friends that are amateur photographers and they are struggling to understand why this is a problem . Surely if they pay for a photographer, they can have at least a little time to set up and take a few test shots with the background to make certain they get the lighting right. Photographic back drops are common in photography so how can it be such a problem? The only logical reason I can see is by profit margins. But you may just find by including a great backdrop the popularity of the photos may be increased. People will want to own a better photo produced and pay for this privedge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 I am not saying all photos were screwed up. But obviously enough photos were bad so that the decision was made to swap. There's a lot of attendees in those photo sessions. If the risk of a bad photo gets too high something has to be done to ensure a certain standard level of service. Tests are done. Even with the set up tests problems can crop up. The search function isn't cooperating with me right now but if I recall correctly the set up and the test shoots were actually when the problem with the backdrop was discovered last time. It's really not only a matter of the photographer's skills which seems what you are hinting at. That's a bit unfair. I'm an amateur photographer too, but doing a photosession where you are taking 400 photos an hour as an average with a very diverse group of people is a whole different kettle of fish. Like I said, I don't know if there's any plans to change the backdrop. There's been certainly enough excited feedback when the first try was made, so it is possible it will happen again at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonightboat Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 That's really good to know, and hopefully if they just had a little time to take a number of test shots (just a little prior set up) they can get it to work. Would be fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 I'm guessing they may be looking for a new provider or something - stress the "guess" part here. I don't know many details about the actual problem, but to me it sounded like a material issue. If the first one didn't work everyone will want to make sure that the second try works, so they'll likely not go with the same one again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popularname@hotmail.com Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 If you have photoshop its fairly easy to use the cut out tool to isolate a 'meet and greet' photo - such as the one in my profile pic - and to super impose it onto an image such as this one http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki3/images/7/7f/Moon_sbig11000_sm.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevla Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I totally agree with 'gonightboat'. Whilst I recognise that different events dicate different outcomes, I have had backdrop photos taken with two astronauts recently and they were outstanding quality. I also saw tables full of photos awaiting collection at these events and all of them were exctly the same quality. To quantify 'gonightboats' comments, I had a plumber in my house this week, who's attention was drawn to the above mentioned photos I had and he immediatley took interest in who the astronauts were and how I had come to meet them. So it does work! I respect the last post regarding photoshop, however not everyone knows how to use it and it should be expected that an item that has cost up £40, should not need any extra manipulation done to it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonFilmRocks Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Plain white backdrop, like in a studio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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