Magic Wallpaper!

Some portraits cry out for the

vintage look and I love the wallpaper in

the above photo.

But when I took that photo,

the wallpaper was

NOT THERE!

As I have shared many times,

I prefer using natural light OUTDOORS

for my portrait work,

but since I live in Michigan,

I'm forced indoors for many

winter months.

That's why I set up this little

studio in my basement.

I bought the old lights from a retiring

photographer and he gave me a big

roll of white paper that I hung

for a backdrop.

The white carpet used to be in our dining room.

While I LIKE the white background...

Some photos just need an extra

TOUCH.

So I searched for photos of wallpaper

online and in Photoshop Elements layers,

I added the wallpaper then

erased it off the people and props.

The fun thing is...

I also added the base moulding!

I found moulding online and added

it the same way.

In some cases, I "painted" the

moulding with an Elements brush

to better match the wallpaper.

Much easier to add the

wallpaper like this than

wallpaper REAL walls!

 

 

Play around with the opacity to

match the wallpaper intensity to your photo.

Find more great editing ideas here:

And, here:

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Enjoy the Creativity!

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