Hi Xerxes0002,

The photo is a background in Carrara. I used a plane set as a shadow catcher and Global Illumination along with Digital Carver's Guild GI Shadow Catcher so that the plane participated in GI shadows.

In Photoshop, I then placed another layer of the background image in the foreground and simply masked everything out except a small portion of the persons arm. For animated foreground masks like this I'll use Shake or Motion.

Mark