Vinyl or Muslin?

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Planning to buy a back drop and could not decide which one? :thinking: :gag:

Do the cotton muslin cloth get creased too much? :thinking:
 
Material is great but it all depends what you want to acheive.

I prefer paper for whites although i never find it's good for blacks. In the studio at my work we've got some nice black velvet, which is great because it just soaks up the light so creases don't show up.

Muslin is okay but you do have to make sure it's ironed before use I've found. Mind you, that's not a hard job and you won't be using acres of it I doubt.

What are you aiming to shoot and for what result?
 
specialman said:
Material is great but it all depends what you want to acheive.

I prefer paper for whites although i never find it's good for blacks. In the studio at my work we've got some nice black velvet, which is great because it just soaks up the light so creases don't show up.

Muslin is okay but you do have to make sure it's ironed before use I've found. Mind you, that's not a hard job and you won't be using acres of it I doubt.

What are you aiming to shoot and for what result?
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Thanks m8.

I am aiming to shoot potraits in standing, sitting lying down positions and I wish the subject could step on the back drop etc. I was thinking more of Vinyl as it's easy to wipe clean :thinking:
 
Never used a vinyl backdrop. I'd say it'd be expensive though (unless you got that stuff with flowers on they put on tables in greasy spoon cafes!!) :)

The wipe-clean aspect is a good shout, although you could easily wash a piece of 8'x10' material in a washing machine. Not sure where you'd get a similar sized piece of vinyl and I'm sure it'd be heavy, so you'd need someting seriously beefy to hang it from.
 
specialman said:
Never used a vinyl backdrop. I'd say it'd be expensive though (unless you got that stuff with flowers on they put on tables in greasy spoon cafes!!) :)

The wipe-clean aspect is a good shout, although you could easily wash a piece of 8'x10' material in a washing machine. Not sure where you'd get a similar sized piece of vinyl and I'm sure it'd be heavy, so you'd need someting seriously beefy to hang it from.
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ok. so if I have to seek a muslin cloth, are there any specific places I can pick it from?
 
We get ours at work from all sorts of places.
Big photographic wholesalers are expensive - I think the last lot we got was from a standard haberdashers in the high sreet. Material shops are usually the best bet.
Don't know the price but it wasn't much, about £20-£25 I think I heard the accluntant muttering... :)
 
Cool. Will stop by Tatters over the weekend to check out some cloth. :thumbs:
 
Why not a cheap white kingsize flat bedsheet... or two?
 
Janice said:
Why not a cheap white kingsize flat bedsheet... or two?
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Bingo. :) Do you use the above for your portrait shoots Janice? :thinking:
 
I've no experience, but if I was going to try a white backdrop and had a 'room' or 'studio', I'd just get some white emulsion and whitewash everything. That way you can just repaint bits to remove dirty marks. Is this a silly idea?
 
68lbs said:
I've no experience, but if I was going to try a white backdrop and had a 'room' or 'studio', I'd just get some white emulsion and whitewash everything. That way you can just repaint bits to remove dirty marks. Is this a silly idea?
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It's actually the easiest way and the way most studios work (well, the ones I've been to) but if the OP wants a black backdrop, I don't think his missus will be too pleased when she gets home and finds he's painted the living room black!!! :D:D:D
 
:lol:

didn't realise this was for use in the living room.
 
I bought a few meters of wite fabric but what I find is the wall at the sides and behind have a real impact on it if I could find some vinyl I would go with that.

i am away from home for a few days buti will try and find some less impressive shots showing the downside to coloured rooms.


Michael
 
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