The first thing I thought of would be to have each shot be a "double" shot- have one half be like a spotlight type lighting, harsh lighting to give a bit of a gritty feel 3/4 portrait. For the second half of the landscape photo you'd do an action shot of some martial arts maneuver. The two shots would be combined in post, and a large portion of the frame would be black/dark.
My son recently had some Karate shots done. They were taken against a green chroma background, with a choice of 2 to 4 poses, depending on costs per package.
The parent then chose which background would be their choice. One was a misty background in an old forest with large trees, one was a pyschedelic background of bright colours, one was a serene lakeside with a Japanese? temple and I forget the other, but you get the picture. :-)
I wasn't impressed with the results as the kids had a greenish tinge to their faces in the finished product. The studio teacher/photographer had two lights on each side, with a small one in the background shining towards the front.
He felt the green screen worked better because the black background may have blown out the white karate outfits. That was his explanation to me.
The first thing I thought of would be to have each shot be a "double" shot- have one half be like a spotlight type lighting, harsh lighting to give a bit of a gritty feel 3/4 portrait. For the second half of the landscape photo you'd do an action shot of some martial arts maneuver. The two shots would be combined in post, and a large portion of the frame would be black/dark.
This is pretty good. So the main image is the one that's spotlighted? And the action shot is kinda blurred into the photo maybe with lowered opacity or something?
Yeah. Or you could do it so that it's smaller, like it was further away in the back or something. My thinking on doing it in that sort of way is that martial arts are active, lively, and you can get a nice portrayal of their faces with the first part and a portrayal of them and the feel of the activity in the second. Depending upon where you do your shooting, you could do the shots for the "active" shot as a spotlight above them to illuminate the ground around them and then another light to actually light their front.
The reason I noted the spotlight for the 3/4 is just to give some nice angular edges. Directional light of some sort, make it feel harsh and fit with the power and energy of the active pose. To me, a smiling soft lit portrait doesn't fit conceptually with an intense active martial arts maneuver.
