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08/28/2003 06:17:30 AM · #1 |
What do you all use for backdrops? I've been using stuff around the house but nothing I have works quite right. For starters just something that will work as a black background and a white background is good enough.
I've thought of sheets (maybe try goodwill) but not sure if they might be too thin, or if there are things to think about that I haven't yet thought of.
Suggestions welcome.
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08/28/2003 06:29:04 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by ttreit:
What do you all use for backdrops? I've been using stuff around the house but nothing I have works quite right. For starters just something that will work as a black background and a white background is good enough.
I've thought of sheets (maybe try goodwill) but not sure if they might be too thin, or if there are things to think about that I haven't yet thought of.
Suggestions welcome. |
Poster board (the one which has two sides - one black and one white). For very difficult shots (like the timer with the right angle-glare), the backdrop is actually flat on the table, and my subject is lying on it. All the shots were then made with the camera pointing down (I couldn't use my tripod for this as the the feet kept getting in the frame).
I've also tried the LCD projector to project a color I want as a backdrop. I've used the LCD's default blue screen, for instance in a shot I UNsubmitted from the Negative Space II challenge. It's pretty effective and really convenient for trying different colors, or patterns (though I really prefer no patterns at all when I use the LCD)
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08/28/2003 06:35:24 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by ttreit:
What do you all use for backdrops? I've been using stuff around the house but nothing I have works quite right. |
Take a look at the last two of my submission in Men In Black the backdrop is an open door of an unlighted room and in Angry princess(has nudity) It is a simple black cloth.
The trick as most others will probably tell you is in the lighting for jet black backdrops have some distance between the backdrop and the subject and as far as possible dont light the subject straight on.
If need put some card after the light which prevent the backdrop from catching light. It has been suggested on these forums that Black Velvet eats up all the light BUT is
1) Expensive
2) Collects lint and dust like a vaccum cleaner
For other colors I am still learning other tricks :)
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