What shade of grey for paper backdrop?

[CaveDweller]

Basically as the title says. What shade of grey should I be looking at for a paper backdrop. I'm wanting grey because you can do more with it. If you get the lighting right you can still make it pure white, black and I also want to try changing the colour of the background by using gels, like this http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/12/31/colourful-studio-portraits-techniques/

Would this shade of grey be ok? http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-colorama-1-72x11m-smoke-grey/p1032764

Cheers.

 

[Garry Edwards]

Yes, that should be fine.

It's all a bit of a compromise really, the darker the shade, the more you can do in terms of creativity, and the more saturated the colours that you can get. But, darker shades also need more lighting power...
Of course, the greater the distance from frontal lights to the background, the darker it will photograph anyway.

That price seems a bit high to me though.

 

[CaveDweller]

Yes, that should be fine.

It's all a bit of a compromise really, the darker the shade, the more you can do in terms of creativity, and the more saturated the colours that you can get. But, darker shades also need more lighting power...
Of course, the greater the distance from frontal lights to the background, the darker it will photograph anyway.

That price seems a bit high to me though.

Cheers, I'm shopping around just now but as long as I know what shade to roughly look for. I have a big list of goodies on order for more practice with studio photography.

 

[itsdavedotnet]

smoke grey's usually my favourite of the greys.

 

[Tunbridge]

I've just bought storm grey and it seems alright, maybe a bit lighter than I'd hope but should be alright. Need to have a proper play to see what I can do with it.

 

[f/1.2]

I am using this.

http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/produ...2.72m-x-11m-seamless-background-paper/CS2704/

It has served me well so far.