Background Photography paper

Re: Background Photography paper

Russ Fairfield

>Any photo shop can order it for you. The brand name will be "Savage". You won't save anything because you will still have to pay the postage and the roll will cost you something like $50.

Local supplier where?

BubbaBob

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Re: Background Photography paper

Wood Spinner

>$ 50.00 ???

Buy a sheet from WalMart for $ 7.00 and use a Halogen light.

Bill

http://www.phototechinc.com/graduate.htm *LINK*

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>works well for me


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JamieDonaldson

>Larry- in my Phrugal Photo Studio demos I recommend using a white vinyl roll-up window shade from most local home or decorating stores like Lowes or Home Depot- less than $10 and easy to store rolled up on the wall! I have also made graduated backdrops with spray paint, but is doesn't always last well.

Re: Background Photography paper

Bill Luinetti

>I found Canoga Camera on the internet handles all colors. I just got a roll that was 52" wide and 10 yards long...nice stuff...Canoga Camera...

Re: Background Photography paper

john Lucas

>Larry

Anything smooth that you can create a gentle curve will work. Really glossy things like formica can give you a problem because sometimes the light will bounce off it right back at the camera.

I use a chunk of poster board at home with quartz shop lights. At work I use seamless photo paper we buy from www.porters.com It's about $39 dollars but you get 12 yards x 52" and it last forever.

If you want the faded background look you'll need a longer background so you can get it further away from the subject. Seamless paper works for this as well as Jamie's roll up shade. Be careful. Some shades take a "set" and when you unroll them you see all the waves from the roll up pattern. Buy a good quality one.

My new shop has a narrow area between the 2 garage doors. I think I'm going to hang a piece of formica between them with a fold out table underneath. Then when I need to shoot something I'lljust pull out the table, clamp the formica to it and set up my light and reflector and I'll be ready to go. Of course my new shop will be spotless so I won't even have to clean the formica. Yea Right.

Re: Background Photography paper

Larry Barnes

>Thanks Guys, I ended up ordering a roll from the phototechnics website Total price ended up being $37

for a 53" x 12YDs, including shipping,,, best price I have found,,, THanks,,, Now I guess I will have one less excuse for posting a decent looking picture,,,well other than the turning.

Larry

Re: Background Photography paper

Ric Taylor

>Any good art supply store will have long rolls of paper in many colors that will last you forever for not very much money. I use gray.

Make that a...

BubbaBob

>...100% cotton sheet. Fibres in synthetics are actually translucent and refract light like a prism. Your eye doesn't see it, but you can get some really funky and unexpected colors when using a synthetic materiel as background in photography.

BubbaBob

What the link?

Peter Teubel

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