 Andrea R. Siebert |
backdrops I bought a black and white muslim cloth last year and i'm not happy with them. they wrinkle and are a very thin sheet like material. I actually prefer a black sheet I have over the muslim cloth I have. Canvas is too expensive for my budjet, but Poly-Canvas isn't. Can you tell me the difference between Canvas and poly canvas? I need something that is heavier and not so wrinkly! Are there better muslim cloths out there? I have read there are heavier muslim cloths-but how do I tell the difference when ordering? mine came in a package deal with the backdrop stand for a very good price; however, the cloths to me seemed very cheap. Your comments/suggestions/opinions would help me out alot! i'm afraid to buy anything without being able to physically see it. thanks! andrea
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W. |
Hi Andrea, You can get the wrinkles out with careful ironing. Have fun!
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W. |
BTW, and FYI: it is musliN cloth. Not musliM cloth.
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- Dennis Flanagan Contact Dennis Flanagan Dennis Flanagan's Gallery |
I use a steamer after hanging them.
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Andrea R. Siebert |
can you tell me what kind of material poly-canvas is?
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W. |
Wikipedia doesn't list "poly-canvas". If I had to guess I'd say it could be 'polyester canvas', i.o.w. an industrially manufactured canvas-like fibre. But not real canvas.
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W. |
You would know.
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Mark Feldstein |
I prefer the wrinkles actually, especially while draping or folding the background behind the victim like a curtain. Nonetheless, to get rid of the bad wrinkles, while steamers are fine, I like just a spray bottle. I mist the bg and let it hang for a few minutes. With the right depth of field, you don't notice the wrinkles anyway. Meanwhile, for the look you want Andrea, try a seamless paper on aa bg pole system. No wrinkles and if it gets them, cut them off. They store pretty easily (the short ones fit in a closet) and they're pretty cheap. B&H sells them. Made by Studio Specialties, among others. Take it light ;>)
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Oliver Anderson |
I think steamers are great to have on the shoots since you can quickly steam the outfits wrinkles as well....I use velvet which I buy at fabric discounters in LA/SF and they do sometimes are wrinkled. If you use a wrinkle free spray on it and leave it in the sun for a minute its fine.
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A C |
I love velvet as well! I do a lot with natural light on location ... and it's tough to get the depth of field or control spillover when you're taking a picture in a living room. The velvet absorbs the light. Of course, using a large enough room and having good control of your lights is ideal if you're aiming for studio-type portraits. But if you're taking a pic of a sleeping newborn on black, you have no room between between the baby and the material. Stop by the fabric store and get some velvet ... pretty awesome stuff. as for the white background, it's not as easy. I'm thinking you shouldn't have much of a problem if you have enough light to blast out and shadows from the wrinkles .... but I don't have the right equipment to do a satisfactory portrait in front of a white backdrop, so these other folks would know better.
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Oliver Anderson |
I just buy High Key White paper...like $35 a big roll...but I've got an SUV that they fit in...plus a ton of equipment and like 8 models. easy
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W. Smith VIII |
$35 and an S.U.V.? That's a darn expensive roll of backdrop paper! BTW, if you got "High Key White paper", then what would "Low-Key White paper" be?
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Oliver Anderson |
Yep W.S. and I even supply lunch on my shoots...last week they had 7 saltine crackers and shared a bottle water. I buy the 8ft rolls of paper from Savage...today I'm using Primary Red (great color)
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