Photo Booth backgrounds won't work.

I choose them, (ie: the Eiffel tower) and it jumps to the full size, a message comes on saying "background detected". I move back into frame, BUT I'M NOT THERE! I hit the trigger and it counts down and either flashes or starts video capture, but I'm still not there, nor am I on the finished product.
I've tried hanging a dead black velvet cloth behind me, and a white sheet, as well as hitting the white sheet with a half million candlepower spotlight.
None of these made any difference.
All I ever get is the chosen background scene, without me in the foreground.
Any explanations or suggestions?

It turned out to be the firewire camera connection, for some reason. The camera also had a usb connection, and when I used that, it worked fine. I have no idea why.

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