A cheap way out is to simply by some material off the bolt at Wal-Mart
or some place like that. A cheap blanket works nice too, tends to hang
nicely. Rolls of background paper are only economical if you can buy
them locally (the shipping will kill you). Then if you have a lot of
money you can
I bought white foamcore and made a folding screen of
sorts... 8 feet high and
3 feet side and back. Taped the corners and stashed it
away folding it like a fan.
Didn't cost much and makes a nice even light box... IF
you have a place to stash the foam core
it has the advantage of not getting
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)?
-
This
that, you
may be able to make something out of PVC piping or something. Then again KEH
has some used stands available too.
Nick Wright
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From: Treena Harp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT: Backdrop stands
Date: Mon, May 20, 2002, 6:24 PM
Lately I've started acquiring
Treena, if you're on a tight budget and always shoot in the same room, you could check
out a curtain track fixed to the ceiling. You could have two or three tracks to use
two or three backdrops, and pull them to the side when not in use. I've seen ads in
Shutterbug for something called a
Here you go, Treena. This backdrop was designed for photographing
horses at horse shows so you might have to downsize it a little, but I
think this will fill the bill for you.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProEquinePhotographers/files/Backdrop%20stand.jpg
Ken
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