Backgrounds make or break a picture. Complementary backgrounds embellish the picture and distracting backgrounds ruin it. Some backgrounds are loud and visually agressive, such as the colorful and graphic background behind the 1930 Jordan Model Z Ace Roadster above. I found this beautiful wall and ceiling in the Chicago O'Hare airport as I was in transit. Other backgrounds are more subtle and let the subject take all the credit. The background behind the 1955 Cadillac Special Cabriolet below is from the Smoky Mountains National Park. I know both backgrounds are fairly busy, but at least to my own sense of aesthetics, they work.
I photographed the 1930 Jordan in a museum, and therefore I felt the background had to consist of artificial light. When combining images, the lighting has to match. The car is illuminated by indoor lighting and so is the background.
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