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Sunday, December 8, 2024

How to photograph yourself without the background objects and people

 




Why am I in silhouette? And how did I do it? I used to do this a long time ago but have not done it recently. I needed it because the background was unsuitable. Too many items which were unsuitable. Part of a door, a curtain. I tried removing the background by cropping but it still looked ridiculous.  irrelevant, distracting.

However, I recently tried clicking on some options in my editing function on my phone and re-discovered something Samsung calls lassoo. You encircle the item you want to keep. 
I used to find this very fiddly. If you weren't careful, you had to try a dozen times, because it would cut off your head, or your right arm, or one foot. However this time it worked perfectly. One try and I had it just as I wanted it.

If you want a photo and the background is not right, try editing it out. This is great when you are travelling and other step into the photo. Get rid of litter. Or people who you don't have permission to photograph. 

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