One – Try a darker background
When buying your material for your Chromakey Background, whether it’s paint or cloth, buy one or two shades darker than a “True Blue” or “True Green”. Since you are usually putting lights on your background, you will find out that the lights wash out your background, and you find it suddenly too light for a good Chromkey.
Two – Try Shooting Outdoors
The Sun (especially on an overcast day) is the world’s biggest Soft Light. If you want a nice even background for keying, try to put your ChromKey background outside.
Three – Try some Backlighting
In most cases, Chromakeying is done inside. If you are able to place a light source behind your Chromakey Background (sorry, this will only work with a pretty evenly transparent cloth material), you will find a nice even background with no shadows.
Four – Light Background and Source Independently
Light your background and your subject individually to avoid shadows
Five – Soften your lights
That doesn’t mean to turn them down but rather try to use wax paper in front of your lights or bounce your lights off an umbrella (the special photo kind) or white sheet. A softer light means fewer shadows.
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