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August 2016

​SCHOOL
PHOTOGRAPHERS
​IMPROVE YOUR GREEN SCREEN BACKGROUNDS

Most school photographers use green screen to create their backgrounds but you probably do not know that there are ways to significantly improve on green screen?  

Are you tired of getting the green fringe around your subjects…especially in their hair?
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Are you tired of having subjects who wear something green resulting in a failure?
Are you tired of dealing with wrinkles in your background?
 
It is possible to solve these nagging issues when you project your background color.  It really works and it can be so simple and so cost effective.  
 
Want to learn more?  Give us a call today.​

​ SO, WHAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL

Every photographer thinks that they are special…that they are better than their competition in some ways but, what really makes you special?  Or, are you just like every competitor only maybe you are cheaper?  
 
It is hard to be really objective but what is really special about what you offer to the public that THEY can recognize and appreciate?  A $2000 camera instead of a $1000 camera isn’t going to make a hill of beans of difference to the customer.  A friendly smile is nice but only goes so far.  A cheaper price…any fool can go that route.  Better marketing?  Well, it is always better to have something special to market rather than to make a lot of effort about nothing.
 

In today’s world there are two primary things that can make you special.  They are to have a studio and to offer more creative variety because you use virtual backgrounds technology. Projected virtual backgrounds are something you can really grab on to in your marketing of your services.  It’s not just green screen.  It is so much more and so much more effective and so much easier and less time consuming to use.  With projected virtual backgrounds, you can blow your people away with exciting new ways to enhance their images.
 
STOP BEING JUST ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER.  TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND TRANSFORM YOUR ENTIRE OPERATION INTO THE NEXT LEVEL AND BEYOND.  IT WILL PAY YOU BIG DIVIDENDS IN CASH AND BE SO MUCH MORE FUN.  
 
It isn’t much fun to be just another photographer…just like everyone else.

 DELUXE SYSTEM FOR POSING FAMILIES -
​ON SALE NOW
  FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY CAN BE PROFITABLE

Professionally posing a family can be easy if you have the right tools.  Most photographers do not.  When they have to pose a family they run around their facility looking for chairs, benches, whatever, to pose the family.  Fortunately, there is a more simple professional way to work.  It is the VB 7 piece poser set.  It is a highly portable set that can be broken down into a wide variety of set ups to fit the group, including families as large as 10 and more and create highly professional results.  
 
Family photography can be highly profitable.  Every photographer who ever photographs families, on location or in the studio should have the 7 piece poser. One single family sitting can pay the entire cost of the poser set.
 
Click on the Arrow to Watch this brief video and see how professional photographer Jim Wilson uses the 7 piece poser with clients.  For a limited time, the Poser Set is on sale
​ for 25% off.
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 GREAT NEWS
MAKE GREEN SCREEN BETTER AND EASIER
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Green screen is a great tool but it has many issues.  The good news is that if you project your green or blue for chromakey backgrounds, you will have better results.  You won’t get the green or blue fringe around your subject, especially in the hair.  You will be able to change chromakey color in a second if the subject is wearing a color that will interfere.  You get more even backgrounds.  You won’t need to separately light your background. You’ll be able to put your subject closer to the background and thus work in a smaller space.
 
And, if you use virtual projected backgrounds in your system without going to chromakey, you won’t have to do any more tedious time consuming pasting in of backgrounds.
 
Click on this link to a recent article on how Mission Texas photographer, Alexander Walter Austin uses projected backgrounds to create his blue or green screen.

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  THOUSANDS OF BACKGROUNDS ON YOUR CELL PHONE 

Yes, it is not only possible but done all the time.  Capture backgrounds with your cell phone.  Load other backgrounds on your cell phone.  Then project them with a virtual projected background system and be able to change from one to another in seconds.
 
If you truly want to be ultimately creative.
 If you truly want to impress your client!
​  If you truly want to increase your income, you owe it to yourself to investigate digital projected virtual backgrounds.

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SEE AND TRY A VIRTUAL BACKGROUND SYSTEM FOR YOURSELF 

​Besides coming to the Virtual Backgrounds headquarters in San Marcos, TX you can visit Peter Budraitis in Long Island New York.

Peter has agreed to make his studio a demonstration center of virtual backgrounds.
​ Just call and make an appointment. 
Visit 
Peter Budraitis

 Long Island New York Studio to see VB in action.
Call (516) 674-0227
Email: studio@pmbphoto.com
Website:
www.pmbphoto.com

IT IS NOT JUST WHAT WE MAKE!!

IT IS WHAT WE MAKE POSSIBLE!!

TO GET A QUICK TWO MINUTE VIEW OF VIRTUAL PROJECTED BACKGROUNDS
CLICK ON THE ARROW

WHAT IS THE BIG SECRET?

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Is there a big secret about projected virtual backgrounds?  What is it?
 
Yes!  The truth is, most professional photographers don’t know much of anything about projected virtual backgrounds and how powerful and creative, sales and marketing tool it really is. They also don’t know how it differs from green screen and why it is so much better.
 
Green screen is pretty cool and it is cheap but it has many issues compared with projected backgrounds. With green screen it takes far more time to do the work and you have to paste in the backgrounds after the subject leaves.

With projected virtual backgrounds, you look into the camera and see both the subject and background live, you make adjustments in posing and props and you can see the end result instantly.  It is an amazing process.   Most photographers just don’t know much about it.
 
It is also a secret because many of the most successful users of projected backgrounds kept their use of the tool secret from other photographers.  They liked being the only one in the area that used it which was a huge marketing advantage for them.  And many photographers think that projected virtual backgrounds are too expensive.  It doesn’t have to be expensive at all.
 
It is possible for any photographer to learn the secrets of projected virtual backgrounds.  Just go to our web site or watch the many YouTube testimonials or look at the sample images. The secret is totally out of the box for those who take a moment to look and see what they are missing. WE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU TO GO LOOK FOR YOURSELF.


WHAT VIRTUAL BACKGROUNDS DID FOR ME

PictureCindy Barclay
​Williamstown Kentucky mother of 4, Cindy Barclay, had her heart set on becoming a professional photographer, starting out with a Nikon N90 film camera to photograph her high school senior daughter which soon turned into a little business.  She set up a temporary studio in her family room. She joined KPPA and learned that she did not really know much so she began her education and changed to a Fuji S1 digital camera.
 
Wanting to be special in every way, she planned to buy a green screen system until she discovered virtual projected backgrounds at WPPI and was blown away, “I thought this was the best thing since sliced bread and realized I could never produce the same quality with green screen.  I looked at the VB web site every day for months.  This was Hollywood style photography.  Then I attended a Don Blair WPPI program on virtual backgrounds with more than a thousand photographers.  I finally got a system and the very first day I had it, I was producing good images right out of the box.  I couldn’t believe it.”
 
"I sent a couple of my pictures to VB founder, Henry Oles, and he called me and praised my results and suggested that I become a featured photographer in his book, Background Power! along with a host of big name photographers who used the Scene Machine system.  I was thrilled.”
 
“If it wasn’t for the Scene Machine I don’t think I would have survived.  Almost instantly, It helped my struggling business.  It transformed my studio into the production of high quality images with unlimited possibilities.  My clients loved it.”

 
“My first big push was using VB to attract seniors and I expanded from there, even doing what is today called hybrid photography but unlike others, I combine video and stills with projected backgrounds.  It is so important, especially today, to create images that can’t be done by friends or a mom.  You have to show them the difference in true professional photography.  You have to be clearly different.  Having a studio is still a vital component of being a professional and being different from the part time outdoor enthusiast photographer.  Virtual backgrounds is a key. Photographers have to educate themselves and their customers if they want to be successful.  Education and virtual backgrounds has been my key.  With VB, I just tried it and it worked as I fiddled around with it but then I went on to learn so much more.”
 
Cindy’s photography studio is now located in Louisville Kentucky and is combined with her husband Clay’s Cyber Acoustic Lab, a sound recording studio.  Cindy opens her studio by special appointment to do demonstrations for professional photographers on how she works with virtual backgrounds. Cindy is also available for private consultations in Louisville or on site.  Call (859) 824-7990.


​ Visit Cindy's Website

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Visit Cindy Barclay Creations
Watch this short video to get a personal invitation from Cindy to come visit.  You'll be amazed.  
​Click on the Arrow to view the Video.
 
     Cindy Barclay shows a wide variety of images she created in her KY studio.  Click on the Arrow to view the Video
Cindy Barclay busts common myths about Virtual Projected Backgrounds.
​ Click on the Arrow to view the Video.  

CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS?

Imagine that you could capture any background you wanted with your I phone and use it immediately?
 
Imagine that you could get literally millions of backgrounds of anywhere off the internet, often for no cost at all…and you could use them immediately?
 
Imagine that you could creatively place your subject in front of an infinite variety of backgrounds from just solid colors or traditional classic canvas to anything real or surreal…whatever fit the client and their desire?
 
Imagine that you could use any variety of backgrounds with your client, changing from one to the next in a second or two with no post processing?
 
Imagine what this would do to your creativity?
 
Imagine what this could do to help you attract more business?
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It’s all possible when you use a digital virtual background system.  Your photography world will never be the same again.  Learn more about the many benefits of virtual projected digital backgrounds.  Call today.

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NEVER DISMISS BRAINSTORMED IDEAS OUT OF HAND.  THAT IS DISHEARTENING AND STOPS THE FLOW OF REAL CREATIVITY
Many photographers have had reservations about investing in virtual backgrounds.  The fact is, virtual backgrounds is a tool that works wonders when it is properly promoted and used.  Many of our customers credit their purchase of a VB system as their reason to be in business.  The process just makes sense.  With hundreds of thousands of photographers and millions of do it yourselfers, you must be able to offer something special or there is no reason for you to be hired.  That is the edge virtual backgrounds provides. Salesmanship helps but only so much.  It is very difficult to market your services if you are not really special.

FACTORY REFURBISHED SCENE MACHINE
ONLY $650.00

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​Want to get into virtual backgrounds for an absolute minimal cost?  We have available several factory refurbished Scene Machine projection units, Model 2100, for just $650.00  

​These are slide based units that come with 100 backgrounds.  We also have available refurbished projection screens in various sizes.
 
This is your chance to get started offering the many benefits of virtual backgrounds at the lowest possible cost.  Contact virtual backgrounds for more information.


BEAT YOUR COMPETITION

Today, every professional photographer has thousands of competitors…yes thousands.  Every potential customer is a do it yourself cell phone photographer who is quite happy with their results. So, how does a professional who charges for their service get any real business?  There is only one answer and that is to promote the fact that you can create highly desirable unique images that they cannot possibly produce by themselves by using your skill, training, and special equipment such as the Scene Machine projected background system to provide Hollywood type settings to accent your portraits.  If your location photography looks too much like what any amateur could do, there isn’t much hope for you.  If you have other ideas please share them with us. 

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WHAT MAKES THE BACKGROUND SO IMPORTANT
​IN A PHOTOGRAPH?

The background can be a very important element in a photograph.  Remember, every photograph ever taken has a background of one sort or another.  In the regular world, the photographer works with limited backgrounds even if they work on location…there are just so many good spots and one is very limited by the facts of life.  Green screen is a type of virtual background but it is painful in many respects, especially in the time it consumes and the quality issues. 

Projected virtual backgrounds is the ultimate that provides the photographer with total control over the background without wasting tons of valuable time.
 
For example with virtual backgrounds the photographer can:
  
HAVE ANY BACKGROUND IMAGINABLE
VARY THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE BACKGROUND COMPARED WITH THE SUBJECT
VARY THE SHARPNESS OF THE BACKGROUND
VARY THE FOCUS OF THE BACKGROUND
VARY THE COLOR OF THE BACKGROUND
VARY THE POSITION OF THE BACKGROUND
VARY THE SIZE OF THE BACKGROUND IN PROPORTION TO THE SUBJECT
 
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AND by working in a controlled environment, they have complete control of the lighting and posing of the subject and total privacy.
 
Why would anyone want to work any other way?

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"BACKGROUND POWER"
Traditionally professional photographers have always given the background in their photographs little or no attention.  Recently, photographers placed more emphasis on the background by going on location but it is only with the advent of virtual backgrounds that the professional photographer not only has total control over the background but also makes it an important contributing part of a photograph.  The background can actually help complement the subject and even be customized to the subject.
 
The only book ever written entirely about the background in professional photography is titled BACKGROUND POWER!   It was written by Henry Oles, founder and president of Virtual Backgrounds.  The book can be downloaded without charge.  It is full of information about backgrounds of all kinds and how to use the background to complement your portrait work.
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

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