Studio backdrop (paper) for products (small).

[funk1196]

i've read in a couple places that you can just use a large piece of paper for a backdrop. for example:

http://www.diyphotography.net/homestudio/cheap-homemade-diy-studio-no-lighting-needed

this article talks about getting an a0 polypropylene sheet of paper... but i go to staples/office depot and they look at me like i'm talking about something foreign, they've never heard of a0, or polypropylene.

they say: "uh... we have poster board"


would poster board work? seems like its highly reflective, which would be bad.....right?

i just want something easy, chap, and i can find 5-10 colors of.

[FlyingPhotog]

This was a posterboard background (actually, foamcore but it's essentially posterboard on the surface) and a material sold as "portable dry erase board" as the surface.

I've done similar with just foamcore as the surface and it works fine when you're in close.

http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/102963962/original.jpg

[funk1196]

This was a posterboard background (actually, foamcore but it's essentially posterboard on the surface) and a material sold as "portable dry erase board" as the surface.

I've done similar with just foamcore as the surface and it works fine when you're in close.

http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/102963962/original.jpg

how did you get the background to look so seamless?... photoshop?.. i really dont want take photos with the intentions of having to clone out a background seam every time....

but the posterboard-like material doesn't have a reflective surface?

[FlyingPhotog]

One trick to getting a more seamless background is in overexposing it some. Blow it out. It helps if your foamcore has nice clean edges which match up better than ones which have been torn or crushed. I keep a couple of white and a couple of black pieces set aside for use as backgrounds only (never used for surfaces, reflectors or other uses where they could be damaged.)

The reflection in this one is from the surface being a sheet of "portable dry erase board" material which I found for sale at (belive it or not) my local grocery store in their arts & crafts section.

This was shot with two Speedlights hitting the background and one large softbox at camera right. IIRC, I did do a bit of cloning to eliminate some visible seams and I think I also dodged in the background some too.

I'm efforting to build an area where I can pull down one continuous sheet of seamless for shots like this instead of having to build it each time.