Interesting inexpensive backdrop idea

[JinxedDesigns]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but I thought I would share!

I've been looking for inexpensive alternatives for backdrops for my home studio, and someone suggested that custom polyester shower curtains might work! They're a decent size (60x72), and you can get them printed with whatever you want! Plus, there's the handy lil hanger things... (on a side note, this site looks pretty cool- they do all kinds of custom items, and for signing up, I got 1200 free photo prints- definitely gonna check it out!) Oh, and the curtains are $34.95.


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[Jim Poor]

They'd be OK for head and 3/4 shots, but not full length because they are too short. Interesting thought though.

[davidmlee]

If you really want to go very cheap, and I've done it many times before, go to a 5 and 10 cent store and buy wrapping paper, which should cost no more than $3. Use scotch tape, turned double sided and past to a wall and run another line to fill in your space. Works Beautifully. Very Cheap!

[naeno]

Originally Posted by davidmlee

If you really want to go very cheap, and I've done it many times before, go to a 5 and 10 cent store and buy wrapping paper, which should cost no more than $3. Use scotch tape, turned double sided and past to a wall and run another line to fill in your space. Works Beautifully. Very Cheap!

Excellent idea! Thanks for sharing.

[autofocus]

King size cotton bed sheets (non fitted ones) work great for us. We've used black ones with very good success. And they do come in a variety of colors

[vldecker]

I recently took a brown king sized flat sheet, and a spray bottle of bleach and I had no clue how it would turn out, but I liked it. I dialed the nozzle so that it was a stream, and just sprayed, back and forth diagonally on the sheet (spread out on the concrete basement floor. I let it sit for about 15 minutes, then washed it and dried it like normal. This is what it ended up looking like.

[autofocus]

Our little setup with the black sheets, and some examples using the sheets