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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 118643" data-attributes="member: 12827">I prefer to use muslin (cloth) backgrounds to seamless background paper. In the long run they are A LOT cheaper and if they get dirty, rather than having to throw away the dirty section, you can throw them in the washer (only single dye backgrounds, NOT painted (!) ones). But the disadvantage is they will wrinkle. There are two ways to overcome this. One is to use very narrow depth of field and have at least 10 feet of stand off between the subject, and the other is to use something like duct tape (painters tape works too but is not as secure) and tape the background to the background stands. I prefer the latter because I may not be able to get 10 feet of stand off depending on the subject. If you are using plain white, it is possible to light it with two strobes with an exposure 2 stops above the main (key) light exposure. Just be mindful that the lights must be behind the subject and you don't get any &quot;spillover&quot; onto your subject. For black backgrounds I use my patented anti-gravity machine which slows the photons down so much that the background gets essentially no light.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 118643, member: 12827"] I prefer to use muslin (cloth) backgrounds to seamless background paper. In the long run they are A LOT cheaper and if they get dirty, rather than having to throw away the dirty section, you can throw them in the washer (only single dye backgrounds, [U][I][B]NOT [/B][/I][/U]painted (!) ones). But the disadvantage is they will wrinkle. There are two ways to overcome this. One is to use very narrow depth of field and have at least 10 feet of stand off between the subject, and the other is to use something like duct tape (painters tape works too but is not as secure) and tape the background to the background stands. I prefer the latter because I may not be able to get 10 feet of stand off depending on the subject. If you are using plain white, it is possible to light it with two strobes with an exposure 2 stops above the main (key) light exposure. Just be mindful that the lights must be behind the subject and you don't get any "spillover" onto your subject. For black backgrounds I use my patented [I]anti-gravity machine [/I]which slows the photons down so much that the background gets essentially no light. [/QUOTE]

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