Where can I get photography backdrops?

Question

Im taking pictures for people to earn a lil cash on the side. I went online and looked up backdrops and EVERYTHING was at least $55.00 or more! Where can I get backdrops for a really low price??!!!!

Answer 1

Find the widest windowblind you can and either paint it or apply wallpaper in a pleasant design onto it, and you have a fairly decent and inexpensive backdrop. You can do the same thing with old projection screens, too, which you can find at garage sales cheap.

Answer 2

Shower curtains from the dollar store. Green, yellow or Sky blue ones work especially well if you ever want to green screen your subject. Also if you are gonn a do photography of people it's best to do outside shots. You get better lighting, a mopre interesting backgound and if the person is not as photogenic.l posing by different object will help hide it. Plain backdrops are ok. but after a while if you keep using backdrops... your pics will start looking the same to you and trust me. it will make ya feel like you aren't doing a great job. I don't know what kind of pics you are gonna shoot but I will say this. Always try to shoot outside, especialy with kids (usually let them run and just try to keep up)..people can go to Wal-Mart , JC Penny..etc for indoor boring pics. The advantage you have is that yuo can take them outside. Save the indoor shots for bad days, intimate pics or a slight break from outside..but not as a crutch

Answer 3

Take a look at this site and look in the "Muslin" group because you can use them over and over opposed to paper which will get dirty and rip etc.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sort&A=search&Q=&sortDrop=Price%3A+Low+to+High&bl=&atl=&pn=1&st=categoryNavigation&mnp=0.0&mxp=0.0&sv=4899&shs=&ac=&fi=all&pn=1&ci=4899&cmpsrch=&cltp=&clsgr=

Hope this helps,
Kevin