What Backdrop to use?

[roglowe]

HI all,

I am covering a shoot for a companies staff profile. I am looking for full length portrait images (basic Head to feet) and I want a gray background.

So what backdrop do I use? Baring in mind most of the people are female and have high heels on I think I am going to have problems with the grey muslin I already have. It will keep rippling under foot and I will have to keep pulling it tight wasting mine and their time.

So I am looking at maybe seamless paper. But I have never used this. Will the high heels tear the paper as the models keep walking on and off?

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Arkady]

Paper is good, cheap and disposable. High heels will eventuall rip it, if the paper is on a carpeted floor, but with care can last a few shoots if placed on a hard surface.

Back in the day, cloth backdrops hung curtain-like and roll-paper backdrops were all we had...