Miles of Marketing: How to use your computer screen as a great photographic backdrop

Monday, 21 February 2011

How to use your computer screen as a great photographic backdrop

First off some background and a rant:

In a desperate need to get some change for the toll bridge over the M25 (aka the Queen Elizabeth II bridge) I pulled into a service stations and bought a sandwich (I didn't need as it was 11am) from a Waitrose; thinking this a good place to get cash back. I was aghast when they said 'sorry we don't do cashback'. To make matters worse they suggested I use the cash machine. A cash machine which I had already ascertained charges for taking out (my) own money.

Now I don't know about you but I would rather drive a complete lap of the m25, using the planets dwindling resources, than pay for withdrawing my money from such a machine. Perhaps it was my demeanour but in a hushed tone; she then said "WH Smiths" next door do Cash Back. Eureka; I then pondered what to buy with a card; without it being an insult (I couldn't in all good conscious ask for chewing gum). So I went to the magazine rack and having recently purchased a new camera I opted, at random, for a camera magazine (Digital SLR Photographer). This lived in the back of my car for a good-week until I took it home and a casual flick turned to an avid read and a read turned into a challenge. In a section called 'Photo DIY' they show you a few concepts and invite you to have a go. One such challenge struck me as a good idea: Use your computer screen as a great photographic backdrop.

Here then is my concepts using, as they suggest, an object such as a wine glass with various backgrounds.