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#1 Pabs

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 12:50 PM

Can Showmasters please git rid of these awful blue backgrounds. They are so dated and cheap looking and really don't make for the best results in the photo sessions.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 01:23 PM

me I loved it, for me : the worst background for photoshoot was in area b :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 01:24 PM

If you're talking about the solid blue ones I agree. Don't like them at all.

Even though each photographer has their preferences I do think each are should have the same background for consistency if nothing else.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 01:26 PM

View PostRockstar6662, on 10 July 2012 - 01:24 PM, said:



Even though each photographer has their preferences I do think each are should have the same background for consistency if nothing else.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 11:15 PM

At least there is a background, I was at another event a few weeks ago and the pics were taken against a yukky cream/grey hotel hall wall, they look so cold and clinical, I quite like the backgrounds although another colour scheme may be nicer!!!!

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Posted 11 July 2012 - 01:48 AM

Oh thank god someone else said it, I HATE those solid blue backgrounds...you either come out under-exposed or over-exposed.
I don't mind the other two backgrounds, the blue/grey-ish ones, they remind me of the sky and tend to look much better on the photos but yeah the solid blue ones need to go, and fast.

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Posted 11 July 2012 - 04:49 AM

The background in Photoshoot A was perfect. Can't comment on the others as I did have photos in those, but i've seen the blue ones and I do prefer A to those.
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 08:33 AM

I agree. The background for Area A was ideal. I didn't see the others, so I don't know what they were like, but a solid colour doesn't sound like a good idea; there needs to be some contrast.
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 09:38 AM

Completely agree, and I felt the same last year - my pics from D came back overexposed and anything taken at C tended to have a blue hue to it.  As a fairly light-skinned person I really don't like almost looking like a smurf in my professionally taken photos :(  All pics taken at A and B came out perfectly.

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Posted 11 July 2012 - 11:40 AM

Ha funnily enough I MUCH prefer the plain blue ones! But that might be because the one's used in A were the same as ones used in my highschool photos haha, I also tend to look a nicer in the blue background one's for some reason
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 06:59 PM

The blue ones can look rather harsh sometimes, but the mixed colour ones can cost a fortune (im talking £150+ just for a bit of cloth!), and then time that 2-3 times..
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 07:06 PM

View Postcrippsy_99, on 11 July 2012 - 06:59 PM, said:

The blue ones can look rather harsh sometimes, but the mixed colour ones can cost a fortune (im talking £150+ just for a bit of cloth!), and then time that 2-3 times..

Dunno about you but if I was a pro photographer I wouldn't consider that all that bad for the size if it was the right thing to use and get the job done. After all, it should last a very long time.

I really like the tie-dye type one Malcolm uses (area A for those who don't know the name). He's been using it for a long time and it gives a nice interesting but neutral tone to the shoot. Best for good skin tones etc. I dunno, just seems the most flattering to me.

Have been to another event which used red or darkish brown which was absolutely awful (not helped as I wore my dark red shirt which just blends in) and the solid dark blue is just horrible. Never seems to give a good balanced result.
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 07:49 PM

I also prefer the mottled background used in photo area A this weekend.
I didn't like the plain blue used here and in Milton Keynes.
It might seem strange, but I think it's easier to clash what you're wearing with a plain block coloured background!
With the mottled background anything seems to 'go' ok.

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Posted 12 July 2012 - 03:48 PM

Personally I think the blue backgrounds should go, and some of the photographers should go, the lighting were pretty bad on a lot that i saw and also the photographers need to be able to frame a shot nicely some just don't have a clue for example myself with Holly marie Combs, I am a lot taller than Holly so therefore i would have taken the photo portrait NOT landscape which was the case giving me a photoshoot with a lot more of me in it than Holly i pretty much got a photo of Hollys head VERY DISAPPOINTED you pay for a photo with a celebrity you should get a photo with the celebrity you want to get that picture to see them in there outfits and hugging you or whatever it maybe all i'm saying is the the PHOTOGRAPHER should be able to instantly frame the subject to the best they can. ALSO Photographers need to check the photos now malcolm is very good had no problems in the past but at this event i noticed he wasnt really checking them and when my friend collected his photo the guest wasn't looking at the camera IT DOESNT MATTER HOW BUSY IT IS we pay money for this and BACKGROUNDS, LIGHTING and CHECKING SHOULD be SPOT ON.

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Posted 12 July 2012 - 05:56 PM

Would it be possible to have backgrounds that have 'London Film and Comic Con' on them? In the same vein as this one.

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Posted 13 July 2012 - 11:58 AM

View Poststephen_09, on 12 July 2012 - 05:56 PM, said:

Would it be possible to have backgrounds that have 'London Film and Comic Con' on them? In the same vein as this one.

I for one would stop having photoshoots if this were to happen i hate when there is text on the background or better still printed on the final 10x8 as per another event though they have stopped that now i just think it detracts from what the image is about you and the guest.

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Posted 13 July 2012 - 12:45 PM

View PostYes...Mr Luthor, on 13 July 2012 - 11:58 AM, said:

View Poststephen_09, on 12 July 2012 - 05:56 PM, said:

Would it be possible to have backgrounds that have 'London Film and Comic Con' on them? In the same vein as this one.

I for one would stop having photoshoots if this were to happen i hate when there is text on the background or better still printed on the final 10x8 as per another event though they have stopped that now i just think it detracts from what the image is about you and the guest.

Dunno if I'd stop completely but it would be a horrible thing to do. Don't anyone even think out it. Would look terrible.
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 02:18 PM

View Poststephen_09, on 12 July 2012 - 05:56 PM, said:

Would it be possible to have backgrounds that have 'London Film and Comic Con' on them? In the same vein as this one.


Hmmm not sure I like the idea of that, plain is always best I think!!!

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 07:49 AM

yes change the background, all of them looking the same makes it look like i've photoshopped myself into all the photos when i show them to people.

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Posted 15 July 2012 - 05:04 PM

I prefer the tie-dyed backgrounds.  I've seen various backgrounds and these seem to provide the best contrast by far.
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