If you are a portrait, fashion, commercial or fine art photographer, you know how important creative backgrounds and props are.  Unfortunately studio photographers fall into the trap of using the same backgrounds over and over again.  Painted or printed backgrounds can get expensive,  but even worse, you often wind up using the same backgrounds over and over again.  And if you shoot outdoors, you are often limited to nearby locations, and are at the mercy of the lighting and weather.  Looking for an easy, affordable and creative way to make an endless supply of new and totally unique backgrounds?  In this 6 hour workshop you will learn how to create custom digital 3d backgrounds, props and costumes - that you can then add to your photos to create one of a kind images with total control of lighting, perspective, and shadows.What if you could design realistic or fantasy backgrounds using the same type of software used to create backgrounds in modern movies.  Beautiful landscapes, space scenes, castles, deserted islands and beaches, mountains, busy city scenes, battle scenes, or any type of fantasy you can think of? Or create realistic props to add to your photos.  Sports cars, boats, airplanes, or just about anything else you can think of.  This is NOT a workshop about green screen backgrounds.  We are not talking about loading an existing photograph into the background.  Instead, you will create totally new and unique backgrounds and create your own background exactly as you want it to be.  This workshop will teach you the basics of Daz Studio, a very popular and easy to use 3D program that works on Macs and PC's   And, it's FREE!  Create almost any type of scene, prop, background and even animals and people - to add to your existing photos.These are the same type of digital backgrounds and props used in just about every movie.  Now learn how to easily and inexpensively add the same type of props to your photos.  Gain a creative edge, and be able to offer new