Lee Jang Sun
One of Korea's Finest Portrait Professionals
You
heard it right! Virtual Backgrounds is taking Korea by storm and
is changing the way professional portrait photography is being done in
Korea! Tony Oh and the good people at Bonmatch have brought Virtual
Backgrounds to Korea and have helped to open the eyes of many Korean
photographers.
Before Virtual Backgrounds,
photographers in Korea had to construct elegant new studio scenes once
every few months costing them tens of thousands of dollars each time.
Now, a simple transparent background slide and a few props are not only
saving Korean photographers money, but they are also giving the
photographers more variety! This month, we highlight one of Korea's
finest portrait professionals, Mr. Lee Jang Sun.
Read below as he shares his experiences both before and since he has
purchased his new Scene Machine Virtual Backgrounds system.
In His Own Words
It
must be one of the most common issues all photographers over the world
always face in front of a camera at the studio - longing for newer
styles of pictures and wanting to capture the subjects in a more
creative and elegant way. I have been always questioned
about backgrounds.
The conventional way of
studio shooting in Korea is to put up canvas, paper, or muslin
backgrounds. Some photographers with artistic talent try to fix
their own studios for backgrounds by themselves, but the others simply
asked an interior decorating designer to take care of revamping their
whole studio which is very expensive.
I have been traveling for quite a long time to look for more creative
scenes, while dreaming about the solutions of backgrounds which can
satisfy my needs in time, cost effectiveness, and quality.
A light of hope came to me when I happened to visit San Antonio, Texas
for Imaging USA in January 2007 and was introduced to the Virtual
Backgrounds system. It was more than enough to excite me.
Within only minutes, a number of creative pictures could be expressed
in many various ways. I returned to my studio in Korea, being
full of excitement and enthusiasm after private lectures in San
Marcos. My Virtual Backgrounds system arrived and simply turned
me to be the happiest photographer ever!
Jumping into the machine, I got my own backgrounds ready and tried to
figure out the proper lightings and so on. Some additional props were
set. Yes, I’m all set!!! My initial images let me down and
I was puzzled with the unexpected results. I quickly started
understanding more about the system, and now I feel like I’m on the
right track for great success!
It surely depends on the photographer’s own capability to produce the
great works rather than on any equipment. None of the
state-of-art systems in the world could give effortless guarantee on
the quality works. What photographers should do is to decide for
yourself if any system can work well with you or not. Once a
decision is made to go, you should keep working hard to make the images
come to life.
I wish I could have my own exhibitions with all of the works with my
Virtual Backgrounds system in the near future. In order to make
it happen, I will make every endeavor with enthusiasm to produce the
shots that are my most creative ever."
Lee Sang Jun
Click here to see more of Mr. Lee's photographs taken with the Scene Machine Virtual Backgrounds Image Enhancement System.
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Click here to see more of Mr. Lee's photographs taken with the Scene Machine Virtual Backgrounds Image Enhancement System.
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