Going to Tap Plastics; what background should I get for product photography?

I've read that acrylics are very reflective. What plastics are less reflective?

Here is their web site:
http://www.tapplastics​.com/info/plasticsinfo​.php

This is mainly for product photography.

Thanks.

reflective can be good, just depends on what you're going for. Black glass is fun, but very difficult to control.

What kind of things are you hoping to do with it?

I was thinking of having two different backgrounds to use. One would be black and reflective (like for jewelry) but the other I'd like to be white and less reflective for more general use. For example, taking a picture of a lens to sell.

you could just get clear plexi for that and use white seamless (or any paper for that matter under it, of even just use paper and no plastic unless you want a bit of reflection

Thanks for the information; I'll see what they have in the store.

You could use a light table (or get milky colored plexi and light it from underneath) It will knock out any shadows and give you minimal if no reflections.

kster wrote in post #2825871
I was thinking of having two different backgrounds to use. One would be black and reflective (like for jewelry)

Be prepared to do your shoots with you and the camera shooting thru a hole in a black light-absorbing cloth! Any light falling on you is going to make you show up clearly in any reflections seen in the reflective background as well as the shiny surfaces on the products being photographed!

Wilt wrote in post #2826947
Be prepared to do your shoots with you and the camera shooting thru a hole in a black light-absorbing cloth! Any light falling on you is going to make you show up clearly in any reflections seen in the reflective background as well as the shiny surfaces on the products being photographed!

I like that. Sort of a Photo-Ninja suit!

Yeah, and white lenses suck in that shooting situation!

Wilt wrote in post #2827054
Yeah, and white lenses suck in that shooting situation!

try photographing a spoon and not be in it! that should be on a technical photography test

Large format camera, and shifts used, along with the ninja suit in front of everything!

You can get the glossy stuff sandblasted to give you a matte surface.

chtgrubbs wrote in post #2831000
You can get the glossy stuff sandblasted to give you a matte surface.

products? They also sell dulling spary.

But its better to know how to do it right, as what happens if a musician brings in a sax or a woman brings in a new ring and you say you want to spray it or sandblast it to make it less reflective

And here I was thinking of how to shoot a spoon and not getting a reflection?.. get a wooden spoon, problem solved.