Re: How to remove a shadow from a photo?

"Andrew Morton" <akm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Martin ©¿©¬ @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>>> Using Photoshop 7
>>>> I have a photo of a person sitting near a wall
>>>> They are casting a shadow on the wall
>>>> How would I go about removing the shadow?
>
>> As the photo is for a disabled parking Orange badge, I think it will
>> be easier to take the photo again paying particular attention to the
>> possible problems
>
> If you take the photo with and without the person there, you can combine

> the images to eliminate the shadow.
>
> Andrew
make the person stand away from the wall
make sure the light above them not direct at them

if you have no strobe or umbrella or scrim>>>

point flash up ward at ceiling and bounce it, also make a diffuser by a 
piece of white cloth rubber band around the flash

or shoot through a white sheet or shower curtain with an off-camera flash

or have subject sit in shade but with DAY light from behind your back on 
them- this is soft even flat light

it is always easier to make a photo as good as possible and avoid PS 
excessive corrections
poor photos can be improved with PS but will not look as well as a shot 
taken correctly in camera