Backgrounds

200 Digital Backgrounds Photography Backdrops Muslin g
$44.95
This consists of a wide selection of backgrounds, differing in color, light, and texture. That first impression is that provides a lot of flexibility in background selection. What it really means it you have a good choice of finding the background which fits the image you are making.

Not all backgrounds work with all foregrounds. In fact, the foreground pretty much dictates what the background should be. Colors need to compliment each other, the light needs to appear to be from the same directions, and the texture should be appropriate.

This set provides 200 (I assume, never having counted them all) beautiful choices from which to choose. If you understand how to make the back and fore grounds work together then you are sure to wind up with an excellent result.

One tip... If you can use a background with a green tint it will tend to hide (or at least justify) any small amounts of spill (green reflection from the actual chromakey backdrop).

Instrumental Paradise Volume 8 [CD on Demand]
$14.98
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Ravelli 10x12' Background Stand and Two Prism 10x20' 100% Cotton Muslin Backdrops
$109.69
This was better quality than what I figured it would be. Especially at this price range. Fast shipping! I have noticed some light reflections with the black muslin but was an easy fix by putting the white one behind it. It's a good value!

Backgrounds of Early Christianity
$38.00
Today I finished reading Ferguson's well rounded and extensive collection of perspectives into the culture leading up to the writing of the New Testament (620 pages). Early Christianity entered at a time of stability government, a day of active religious expression, an age when travel was opening up around the Eurasian world. Ferguson does a fabulous job of setting the political stage (Greek conquest through the Roman Emperors of the first century), thoroughly displaying the society and culture and the religion, then delving into the philosophical setting of the times, discussing Judaism in Greco-Roman culture, and more briefly covering factors touching Christianity in the ancient world. The reader is left to judge the truth of this young faith that turned the world upside-down.

The reviewer appreciated the helpful pictures of ancient sculpture, architecture, manuscripts, and other artifacts that helped to put the perspectives together in reality. It was also very refreshing to find a work that did not force the reader on the conclusions of the author about Christianity itself. This introductory work was well documented and very valuable to acquaint the researcher and student with the basics of life leading up to the days of Jesus Christ.

The reviewer would recommend this book to students, as well as the reader wanting to get introduced to the world of the New Testament. The reading is dry at times, but it is well written and succeeds in tying into New Testament study. Ferguson gives good context for a fuller understanding of the actions and reactions that the Early church had in the Greco-Roman empire.