I prefer to shoot on location. However if I was paying someone to take my portrait, I don't care how it's done, as long as I like the backdrop and it's done right.
I can tell the difference if it is poorly done. I've been looking at some shots I "fixed" a few years ago and I can certainly tell which ones I retouched.
“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
Have to agree - if it's done correctly NO ONE can tell if it's faked or real. But it takes time. Don't expect to do it in just a couple of minutes. And, of course, the more complex the subject, the more time it'll take to seamlessly incorporate it into a background.
C4rl wrote: If done right, I don't think one can tell the difference.
Bingo.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
If "photoshopping" in the background; remember to account for aperture of foreground main subject...you may need to use a gradual blur to the background to objects farther away. Most portraits I shoot with a shallow depth of field; so I duplicate the background I will use, then apply a gaussian blur to it, adjust the transparency of that layer and do a vertical fadeout of the layer. Then foreground objects close to subject are sharper than those in the distance.
Even casual shots and snapshots can be made to look like they were shot in a studio, and it's relatively easy a lot of times. That's why shooting RAW is a good idea, so you have full editing room to work with. You never know what a humdrum shot can be made into
Yasko wrote: Even casual shots and snapshots can be made to look like they were shot in a studio, and it's relatively easy a lot of times. That's why shooting RAW is a good idea, so you have full editing room to work with. You never know what a humdrum shot can be made into
Logo on her shirt was clone out, but not the line straight across her shirt. lol Otherwise, good job.
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Look at the green screen work in television and movies. Unless you screw up the light direction, no one can tell. 
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