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Vince Welch

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I have purchased a folding laundry tent that I am using for a photo tent. I need to know what are people using to place inside the tents for backgound material? I have some cloth material but it does not seem to be working how I would like. I would like something that does not show wrinkles in it. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance, Vince
 
Vince
Technically anything will work as long as it's smooth and wrinkle free. Most photographers use either seamless paper or painted backgrounds that fade from white to black or gray to black. You can get these from www.porters.com
Good quality window shades will work. Cheaper ones keep the role set and look like you have waves in your photo.
I take the 4foot seamless backgrounds and cut them to whatever length I want with a handsaw. They are 12 yards long so they last a long time.
 
Cheap, small background paper

I was in a hurry to take a couple pics of smaller pieces, and I needed a white background. I found a roll of matte white gift wrapping paper at the local "chain discount store." It is 30" wide, cost a couple bucks. While not as sturdy as the regular photo paper (which is more like light cardboard), if taken care of it will be good for a while. The curl goes away after hanging for a while.

My very primitive photo booth has a 3/4" PVC pipe framework. I threaded the roll on the top crosspiece.

From my experience the background needs to be about 3 times as wide as the piece you are photographing.
 
We have a retired professional photographer in our club who just gave a demo on photographing your pieces. He used a piece of matte gray formica that he bends to a gently 90 degree base and background, help in place to a pvc frame with hand clamps. He then uses natural light coming into his garage instead of any lamps. Hope this helps.
 
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