----- Original Message ----- From: Treena Harp Subject: OT: Backdrop stands
> Lately I've started acquiring backdrops for portraiture, and since I'm on a > budget, I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for building a > stand for backdrops or some other kind of setup that doesn't require many > hundreds of dollars (which would be far better spent on lenses)? If you want a portable studio, spring for the stands. If you are not going touring, you can get electrical conduit from a building supplier, and hang it from the ceiling with a couple of large screw hooks, such as what are sold for hanging garden implements and bicycles. Attach the backdrop with big spring clamps, or sew loops to it, or sew a loop the entire length and thread the coduit through it. If you are going to make stands, do overbuild them. I would use 1 1/2" ID drain waste pipe for this sort of project. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
