I’m putting together a provisional (cheap & quick) studio setup, to get on with photographing ceramics & sculpture in the first instance but the option to reuse for portrait work would be a plus.
What should I look at in terms of backdrops? Are the cheap ones from amazon viable? There is a good haberdashery locally who have rolls of fabric - what should I look for if I enquire there?
I’m a competent DIYer but want to avoid false economies and, if poss, too much redundant kit when I upgrade. I also need to crack on with it asap!
What is your advice?
Cool! What sort of fabric and where did you get it from? I like the idea of fabric being more durable than paper.
Haha, I’m sure you’ll get there with practice :)
I’m not sure exactly what it is, I just bought a few metres of green fabric from a local shop. It’s not particularly thick, about as thick as a decent t-shirt, but only cost about £15, including getting the ends sewn so that they didn’t fray. It was one of those cheap enough to try ideas.
I haven’t had much of a chance to play with it yet, but the idea is to try different techniques and lighting, and teach myself a bit more. I want to learn how to edit green screen images too, and do things like put my kid in space :)