Photo Backdrops (Page 2): Here you go. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=savage+backdrops&hvadid=3527190274&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_7dw5cix5t4

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

mrchunko wrote:

I would love to know where I can get a fairly affordable backdrop screen for portraits that is easy and quick to assemble that also includes some kind of wrinkle - free material. Also, are regular white and dark (no print!) bedsheets good for this use? Thanks to all for your assistance!

Here you go.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=savage+backdrops&hvadid=3527190274&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_7dw5cix5t4_e

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

I strongly suggest that you watch the video I have linked below!!!
I have two (I'm a portrait photographer) of these. They come in many colors, make, sizes, materials, etc...etc. I personally have one that is black on one side & white on the other, (for low & high key shots) and one that is black on one side and grey on the other.

As someone else said earlier, you can make any color you want by using the grey side. This is easily done by gelling the flash you use on the backdrop. I do this a lot.

However...I did have a he@@ of a time folding it up at first. Then I saw this video on You Tube and I really had to laugh. The very first time I tried this method of folding the backdrop, I did it in about "THREE SECONDS"!!! I will never use any other method again.

Thanks, Boone.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkvOtr39j0U

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

In portraiture, background management is very important as it has to do with isolating the subject on a non-distracting field, separation, providing dimentionallity with tonal or color mass, and helps determine the key of the image. One good background can serve multiple purposes by means of variations in lighting treatments and focus. Certain multicolored painted background can seem gaudy or overly contrasty to the eye but when applied properly, they can be very useful tools.

If you want more suggestion on background purchases or even making you own, post a question in the Professional and Advanced Portraiture " section of this forum, and I'll go over this with you.

Aslo, If you tell me waht style or kind of portraits you are mainly interested in producing, I can guide you better. Please mention your lighting gear. lens choice, and available shooting space.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Have you considered inexpensive curtains/drapes, depending on the look your going for, lots of colors, ready to hang.

htbrown Loc: San Francisco Bay Area

mrchunko wrote:

I would love to know where I can get a fairly affordable backdrop screen for portraits that is easy and quick to assemble that also includes some kind of wrinkle - free material. Also, are regular white and dark (no print!) bedsheets good for this use? Thanks to all for your assistance!

I have used cheap white shower curtains from the dollar store for this purpose. They are less wrinkly than sheets and light shines through them if you need a diffuser. I have also used those cheap blankets/throws in one color.

Whether you use sheets or shower curtains or blanket, you need a goodly distance between your subject and background because less wrinkly is not the same as wrinkle free. Or you can iron them first, if you're sufficiently masochistic.

Silverrails

mrchunko wrote:

I would love to know where I can get a fairly affordable backdrop screen for portraits that is easy and quick to assemble that also includes some kind of wrinkle - free material. Also, are regular white and dark (no print!) bedsheets good for this use? Thanks to all for your assistance!

Go to eBay or possibly Amazon, I think you will find what you want and decent price too.

KWK Loc: Southeast Mich

The westcotte X drop system works great and has many different colors

htbrown Loc: San Francisco Bay Area

You can make a frame for a backdrop out of plastic plumbing. You need a saw to cut pipe to length, plus some elbows and tees to make a frame. It will hold together by friction fit and can disassemble for storage. I got the idea off some photo site or you tube offering, so if you look around you can find instructions. The site I saw put elastic cord inside so the pieces all stayed in the right order, but that seems like overkill to me. You can attach a fabric or paper backdrop onto the frame with spring clamps.

elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

mrchunko wrote:

I would love to know where I can get a fairly affordable backdrop screen for portraits that is easy and quick to assemble that also includes some kind of wrinkle-free material. Also, are regular white and dark (no print!) bedsheets good for this use? Thanks to all for your assistance!

Mr. Chunko!

I used one of these setups that a friend recently bought. Made by Westcott and pretty reasonable for them,
X-Drop 3-Pack Backdrop Kit (5' x 7'): https://www.fjwestcott.com/x-drop-3-pack-backdrop-kit

I'm going to buy one for myself. Don't use bed sheets as this set comes with 3 wrinkle-free backdrops.
Be well! Ed

Stage Light Loc: Northeast

Get a used drop cloth, or more!

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

Haydon wrote:

If I was to have just one background, I'd buy a medium grey seamless paper roll. With proper lighting you can turn it any color you wish. It also allows easy application of textures in Photoshop.

I too use medium gray although my background is a painted wall. As you said it reflects any color shined on it. As a viable alternative backgrounds can be changed in post too. AI becoming ubiquitous.

uhaas2009

Table clothes, bed sheets, $5 white polyester sheets with broomsticks, pvc pipes, 2x4 whatever I could find around the house.....to shoot on background its a learning curve. Just saying