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12/10/2014 11:40:47 AM · #1 |
So I was looking for a nice, "old masters" type of backdrop. I've been looking at backdrop outlet at things like these:
Some are canvas, some are "platinum cloth".
platinum 1 muslin1 platinum 2 muslin 2
I'm liking the darker ones better, at the moment.
Do you have any feedback on backdrops? Do you have preferences? Do you have a nice brown toned rembrandt type feel backdrop that you'd recommend?
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12/11/2014 03:33:48 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
So I was looking for a nice, "old masters" type of backdrop. I've been looking at backdrop outlet at things like these:
Some are canvas, some are "platinum cloth".
platinum 1 muslin1 platinum 2 muslin 2
I'm liking the darker ones better, at the moment.
Do you have any feedback on backdrops? Do you have preferences? Do you have a nice brown toned rembrandt type feel backdrop that you'd recommend?
They look great I think anyone of those backdrops would look good not a bad price either...Gord
They look great wendy
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Message edited by author 2014-12-11 15:34:45. |
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12/11/2014 04:09:33 PM · #3 |
| Don't know a thing about this but I sure like the sound of "wrinkle free". I read so much about problems with wrinkles and having to iron backdrops. Ugh! |
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12/11/2014 04:32:16 PM · #4 |
| Some time ago a couple of DPCers started a business selling backdrops and (I think) other photo-shoot accessories. There should be a link to their website someplace in the forums ... |
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12/12/2014 04:32:20 AM · #5 |
| I like the sound of wrinkle free too, its so comforting. |
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12/12/2014 09:05:23 AM · #6 |
| Just as an alternative to that. I have a couple backdrops that I got from a discount home fabrics store. They look similar to the first link you showed us. It came in 60 inch wide (so 5"x however long you want to get it). It was only $8 a yard so I could get one similar to the one shown in the picture 5x7 size for around $20. They don't wrinkle and I just keep them on the rolls they came on...just a thought... I wouldn't mind having one of those larger muslin ones. But I wouldn't spend that kind of money on the first smaller one you showed... I think you could get something just as good at a fabric store for cheaper. |
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12/12/2014 11:28:54 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by sjhuls:
Just as an alternative to that. I have a couple backdrops that I got from a discount home fabrics store. They look similar to the first link you showed us. It came in 60 inch wide (so 5"x however long you want to get it). It was only $8 a yard so I could get one similar to the one shown in the picture 5x7 size for around $20. They don't wrinkle and I just keep them on the rolls they came on...just a thought... I wouldn't mind having one of those larger muslin ones. But I wouldn't spend that kind of money on the first smaller one you showed... I think you could get something just as good at a fabric store for cheaper. |
I've looked at the fabric store before. I have a suede cloth that I particularly like, but the 5' seems really narrow if you're trying to do a group picture. That's why I was thinking it would be good to have 1 large backdrop on hand. (I actually have one large black on, and one seamless white paper roll, but most people don't seem to want a white or black backdrop. They want something a little less intrusive, yet the plain colors are really dull, imo.
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12/12/2014 02:06:45 PM · #8 |
| If you can get the backdrop really white or black, you can probably change its color/pattern later in post without affecting the people (similar to "green-screen" or "blue-screen" effect). |
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12/12/2014 02:23:27 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
If you can get the backdrop really white or black, you can probably change its color/pattern later in post without affecting the people (similar to "green-screen" or "blue-screen" effect). |
I'm so lousy at that, if the person has any hair at all. If they're bald, I can easily handle that, but selecting hair still has me pulling my own out.
Hmmm -- soon I can do it with self portraits, then! ;) |
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12/12/2014 02:40:55 PM · #10 |
A small tablet/stylus combo helps a LOT with masking. Or you can invest in one of the masking plug-ins.
It's a good skill to work on, and you'll never get better at it if you don't try ... maybe take a self-portrait (while you have hair left) and practice. :-) |
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12/12/2014 03:51:17 PM · #11 |
best purchase I ever made, a white, vinyl backdrop. You can blow it out to white:
Let it fall off to a pleasing grey:
or anything in between:
And no wrinkles to deal with like cloth ones! |
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12/12/2014 11:52:07 PM · #12 |
| you can make your own using calico and acrylic house paints. cheap as chips |
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