I’m putting together a provisional (cheap & quick) studio setup, to get on with photographing ceramics & sculpture in the first instance but the option to reuse for portrait work would be a plus.

What should I look at in terms of backdrops? Are the cheap ones from amazon viable? There is a good haberdashery locally who have rolls of fabric - what should I look for if I enquire there?

I’m a competent DIYer but want to avoid false economies and, if poss, too much redundant kit when I upgrade. I also need to crack on with it asap!

What is your advice?

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I bought two different rolls of fabric recently to try out as backdrops, and they work quite well. The biggest problem though is that they’re only a metre wide. It’s great for a close up of an individual, but you’re not getting anyone else in there.

    I’m a bit useless with lighting, so I can’t really say anything about that, other than, bounce flash from the ceiling doesn’t light up legs very well 🙈😂

    • oeuf@slrpnk.netOP
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      11 days ago

      Cool! What sort of fabric and where did you get it from? I like the idea of fabric being more durable than paper.

      Haha, I’m sure you’ll get there with practice :)

      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        10 days ago

        I’m not sure exactly what it is, I just bought a few metres of green fabric from a local shop. It’s not particularly thick, about as thick as a decent t-shirt, but only cost about £15, including getting the ends sewn so that they didn’t fray. It was one of those cheap enough to try ideas.

        I haven’t had much of a chance to play with it yet, but the idea is to try different techniques and lighting, and teach myself a bit more. I want to learn how to edit green screen images too, and do things like put my kid in space :)