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So I’m a product photographer mostly but I pretty much don’t have any lights or backgrounds...
(I’ll let That sink in for a Moment )
Right, so basically a lot Of what I do is product photography for animal companies. Mainly taking photos of leatherwork like bridles, rugs etc on horses or cattle and that kind of thing, so even though I primarily shoot
Products it’s 99% outside using natural light.
I’ve been asked to do e-commerce shots for a pet company , which means in addition to my usual outdoor work, taking some shots on pure white.
The only white background I have is a cheap china plastic fantastic fabric one that came with a backdrop stand. It came folded 600 times into a little crumpled pile and it’s sat on my shelf Just as folded for the past 5 years , so short of getting out that beast and ironing it while Praying it doesn’t melt... I’m looking at buying something cheap for the one-off job.
I’ve got a handful of random lights including
a couple of daylight bulbs,
Energy saving style daylight bulb
couple of 192 LED panels
and a real old school 600w Phillips bulb (the type that’ll take your skin off if you touch it) And I have a couple of white umbrellas somewhere to diffuse light too, if I can locate them, so I should in theory be able to Shed enough light on the subject (lol) from multiple directions but I’m stuck for aternatives for the white background
I could do with something nice n white n shiny like a colourama roll, but ideally a lot smaller as A - I don’t have the racking for the roll
B - I don’t fancy dropping £50 on something I don’t need or have the space to store as it’ll most likely be chucked afterwards
C - there’s not enough space in my little kitchen to put a big beast up.
I could probably do with something about 4ft x 6ft that’s preferably a “shiny” and wipe-clean style
Any other hints and suggestions on how to make this work would be greatly appreciated
Or anyone got any offcuts of colourama they want to sell, hit me up
(I’ll let That sink in for a Moment )
Right, so basically a lot Of what I do is product photography for animal companies. Mainly taking photos of leatherwork like bridles, rugs etc on horses or cattle and that kind of thing, so even though I primarily shoot
Products it’s 99% outside using natural light.
I’ve been asked to do e-commerce shots for a pet company , which means in addition to my usual outdoor work, taking some shots on pure white.
The only white background I have is a cheap china plastic fantastic fabric one that came with a backdrop stand. It came folded 600 times into a little crumpled pile and it’s sat on my shelf Just as folded for the past 5 years , so short of getting out that beast and ironing it while Praying it doesn’t melt... I’m looking at buying something cheap for the one-off job.
I’ve got a handful of random lights including
a couple of daylight bulbs,
Energy saving style daylight bulb
couple of 192 LED panels
and a real old school 600w Phillips bulb (the type that’ll take your skin off if you touch it) And I have a couple of white umbrellas somewhere to diffuse light too, if I can locate them, so I should in theory be able to Shed enough light on the subject (lol) from multiple directions but I’m stuck for aternatives for the white background
I could do with something nice n white n shiny like a colourama roll, but ideally a lot smaller as A - I don’t have the racking for the roll
B - I don’t fancy dropping £50 on something I don’t need or have the space to store as it’ll most likely be chucked afterwards
C - there’s not enough space in my little kitchen to put a big beast up.
I could probably do with something about 4ft x 6ft that’s preferably a “shiny” and wipe-clean style
Any other hints and suggestions on how to make this work would be greatly appreciated
Or anyone got any offcuts of colourama they want to sell, hit me up