lesv Loc: warren pa

im having lots of fun learning this great hobby with your help from ugly. i need advice on what i can use for a "backdrop". would a large (king size) bedsheet work?? what color?? thanks

MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy

neutral colours, just make sure to iron the bedsheet. Trying to clone out wrinkles is a pain in the arse.

lesv Loc: warren pa

thanks MWAC, i thought about a fleece blanket, maybe just tack it a wall. i just got pse-7. if i ever figure it out im sure i can make my own backgrounds. any ideas??

MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy

I suck at adding backgrounds in photoshop, they never look right and look like well I added a cheesy back-drop in photoshop. So I am no help at all with that. I do believe there are some there that are much more talented at photoshop than I am.

coatachrome

Take a look at the link below for creating backdrops with photoshop


http://www.digitalimagemagazine.com/blog/featured/tutorial-create-a-photo-backdrop-in-seconds-with-photoshop/

lesv Loc: warren pa

thanks coatachrome,but i have pse-7 and am totaly LOST trying to figure it out.

Photohacker Loc: Temecula, CA

I've found that mixing a little fabric softner with water in a spray bottle works very well getting wrinkles out of backgrounds that are hanging. I bought a green screen background on Ebay that had some serious fold lines in it and they came out no problem.

JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again

I've had good results with a newer velour blanket and background light on the floor behind the subject. The pattern and texture were similar to some commercial backgrounds I've seen.

JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again

Good tip. I'll have to try. I have a couple backgrounds with stubborn wrinkles/fold lines.

alaskanfrog Loc: Alaska

unless you really want a HUGE backdrop, King sheets aren't necessary, especially in portrait photography. I have a collection of "FLAT sheets that I purchased for my photo shoots, including 2 shades of solid gray, one green, one black and one blue. The green is exactly the right shade for when I do my video shoots and require a "Green Screen" that will be applied in post editing for special effects. One of the gray colors is exactly the correct shade of 18% gray and I can actually use it to color balance my cameras, camcorder included.

I purchased the sheets at Kohl's and Freddie's for about $15.00 each and they are only full sheets, but are plenty big enough for my photos and videos. I have regular backdrops for my background stands and for what I paid for them I was able to afford all of the different colors in bed sheets.

So, the long answer to your short question, YES, absolutely, it's perfectly acceptable to use bedsheets for your backdrop and background colors. Use King if you really need or want a huge backdrop. I strongly recommend buying "FLAT" sheets and not fitted. I actually used my sewing machine to sew a loop for fitting the sheet onto my backdrop stand...

Photohacker Loc: Temecula, CA

I've seen backgrounds selling for $20 -$35 on Ebay!

aaron Loc: brooklyn ny

if you dont do a good job in taking out the wrinkles, move the subject(s) at least three feet off the background; hopefully this will somewhat soften the lbackground.

rnichols

When I got my first 35mm Nikon Fm and after I was able
to afford a Macro Lens, I took a close up of a yellow rose
using a green sport jacket draped over a chair as a back
drop, I still have that photo hanging in my den.

rose

rnichols

By the way the photo was cropped and looks far better
than what you see here, but it was my first macro and I
was very proud.. you can use just about anything you
want to use for a back drop..

lesv Loc: warren pa

thanks rnichols, but if you used a green jacket as background, how do you make it black? thats a great picture! im a newbee but willing to ask questions and learn.