and another video tutorial here.

Here are a few links discussing the production of 3d reenactments by Apple Daily.

http://kotaku.com/5580258/how-computer-animation-is-changing-the-news-right-now

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/mf_appledaily/2/
nytimes article
http://online.wsj.com/video/apple-daily-animates-gordon-brown/33675D88-09F6-424E-93EE-699E52308ECF.html

This site, collects school portraits that were taken in front of the so called laser backdrops. Besides backdrops of books and simple one color backdrops, this was one of the most popular backdrops for school pictures in the 1980s.

http://www.yeeeeee.com/2009/09/05/same-photo-many-years-later-53-pics/

http://images.google.com/hosted/life

http://www.time.com/time/photoessays

http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/advancedSearch.asp

An example portrait from this archive

http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home

http://www.life.com/

http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/

http://peopleofindia1868-1875photos.blogspot.com/

Studio portrait of shroffs or money changers at Delhi in India