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Children’s photography is quite a lucrative business model. From the instant the kid is born until they are young adults the folks frequently wants photos of their children growing up. Lots of time the parents will bring in children for all types of special occasions. The ordinary pattern appears to be newborn, six-months, a year, two, three, five, ten, thirteen, and sixteen. For some this pattern extends to 18 and occasionally even 21. Don’t forget the holidays such as Christmas or Easter. All these portrait opportunities can add up to a nice residual income, particularly if a photographer gets a lot of customers. Using a green screen can help you get those customers.

It sure would be magnificent if you could find a way to enhance those sales, especially during those early childhood years when the parents do not bring their kids in as regularly. Within of this piece of writing you will discover not one, not two, but three fantastic ways you can make extra money by using a green screen with the same customers – and it will not cost you much at all to execute them all.

Try using the age old question all children hear all the time: “What would you like to be when you grow up”? This question as a rule leads to the standard answers of doctor, firefighter, policeman, astronaut, and cowboy or cowgirl.

Here is a rapid way to do this. First, to make sure you don’t have to produce elaborate sets or print up some location backdrops, set up a green screen that you will take the child’s photo in front of. The next thing you need to do is have the child dress up in that cowboy suit or a police uniform- If possible have some ordinary items on hand such as fire hats or a doctors mask. Take the photograph then use simple chroma key software to place them in the suitable background.

One more way to utilize a green screen and offer another unique portrait opportunity is what I like to call the “show off” tactic. You need to get the parents to bring in something the children have accomplished that is something to be proud of. For instance, if they have drawn or painted something they should be proud off, create a digital background where it looks like it is on display in an art gallery. Then, take the child’s portrait as if they’re standing proudly next to their own exhibit. If the child is into sports try taking the picture from the side with them leaning on a wall that is covered with green screen.

Lastly do not forget to use themes to your advantage. For instance, find out what the child’s favorite book is that they read and loved. Do some exploration and figure out a way to place them inside the books settings. If the book is something like one of the action books try placing them in the jungle or in the middle of a cattle farm. For “Harry Potter” use old English streets, or pictures of the interior of old college hallways. If you are ready to make use of your imagination, you will find the sky is the limit when it comes to distinctive child portraiture – especially when using a green screen.