Beth Burell – Baby In a Cup
Beth Burell’s life passion is Photography and it shows. She is great at preparing the scene for the image as well as taking them. Lately she has been working with Foam Ceiling Tiles for the backrounds and have been able to achieve some stunning finishes and final product, the “Baby In A Cup” portrait. Beth says that the tiles Photograph well. I would have not be able to tell you if that is true, I am not a Photographer. They certainly look great in the backround. The cup is from Lobby Hobby, it is a planter. Beth will explain how she has taken this image and how she has painted the tiles.
Beth Burell Explains How She Took This Image
“Ok, well the baby in a tea cup was photographed with natural light, with a large Larson reflector (42×72) white to camera left, a 24”x56” window for natural light at camera right at about 3 o’clock, and a 42” square reflector to camera right at about 5 O’clock. My camera was set on manual, and the settings were ISO 400, f3.5, shutter speed at 80.
I then brought it into photoshop in RAW, tweaked the image so that the color was correct, then saved. I then used a skin softening action that I purchased from Jen’s Fabulous Stuff. I also used my dodge tool set of “high lights” to bring out the sparkles in her beautiful blue eyes.”
Painted Foam Ceiling Tile R-14
You can buy R 14 Victorian Ceiling Tiles here
Beautiful indeed, but don’t worry Beth has made a video on how to paint these tiles so you can do the same and create a stunning, affordable photography backdrop for fraction of the cost what you would pay somewhere else.
Beth Burell’s Instructional Videos on How To Paint Foam Ceiling Tiles
These images and videos are by:
Beth Burell of Element Portraits
STUDIO address is 618 State St. Cedar Falls, IA 50613 – Phone # 319 239 3736
Website is www.elementportraits.com
Tags: Baby Photography, cedar falls photographers, decorative ceiling tiles, Finishing, how to, iowa, lighting, Painting
