Fake Brick Wall

I have wanted a brick wall in my studio for the longest time, however a real one was never gonna happen. I was grabbing some new white tile board for my floor and found some 4x8 brick panels, the results are below. First shoot using it is tomorrow.

and last image, the wife is going to pick up some paint that matches to fill in the screw heads.

Very nice! When I saw the title I was gonna stop by to chime in that my studio mate had done the same thing. Worked for her so I'm sure you'll be pleased. A little post-work will go a long way to emphasizing the texture of the bricks too.

Yea and those are cell phone images, so the right lighting and some post should work wonders. Then I can always add some white or black to some bricks to give it a weathered look as well.

Nice work. So what's the total cost to put this together?

The brick panels are $25 each, the 1x3 framing was less then $10 total. I made mine with a hinge which was about $12. I put a thin plywood on the back which will be a second backdrop but it will only be used as an 8' wide drop, where the brick can go from flat to 90 degrees so I can use it as a corner or a wall. So all in all about $75 and 2 hours of time to build it. If you had a solid wall you could put the panels right on the wall, I just did not have enough width in my studio to shoot across it.

Littlejon Dsgn wrote in post #18259261
The brick panels are $25 each, the 1x3 framing was less then $10 total. I made mine with a hinge which was about $12. I put a thin plywood on the back which will be a second backdrop but it will only be used as an 8' wide drop, where the brick can go from flat to 90 degrees so I can use it as a corner or a wall. So all in all about $75 and 2 hours of time to build it. If you had a solid wall you could put the panels right on the wall, I just did not have enough width in my studio to shoot across it.

Thanks. I look forward to seeing some results using this backdrop.

This is a great idea, and could be reasonably portable too. Have you posted any shots using this in your studio?

Thanks for sharing your creativity,

Garry

If you check out my Gallery I just added a photo in the G&N section that used the wall.