
This is the list of things I purchased – in hindsight I definitely could have purchased less and for cheaper, so please keep reading on to know what was useful and what wasn’t! I wish I kept the receipt so I could share exactly what each item is called and how much it cost…I do remember spending almost exactly $250 for everything in total, if that helps. Check out the pinboard I keep.Įverything that was necessary to make this happen was purchased at Home Depot. I am obsessed with this look for backdrops and definitely wanted to emulate them. I made a pinterest board with backdrops that give me a photo-boner, almost exclusively either Sue Bryce’s or Emily Soto’s. I wanted to create an Oliphant-inspired painterly and textured looking backdrop that had a lighter center with a dark vignette. However, after painting a canvas myself I can guarantee that you can paint a beautiful, good quality canvas for less. I had a $250 budget for this so I ended up purchasing a lot from the latter.
#Vintage backdrops for photography professional
I found this post here but the photographer hired a professional muralist and damn it I just don’t care to buy all of the suggested items on his list! I’m very careful when it comes to purchases and try to to be as frugal as possible. I found Sue Bryce’s blog post which is very good but I wanted to continue researching.
#Vintage backdrops for photography how to
I scoured the internet for any resources on how to go about doing this. And so enters the do-it-yourself (DIY) attitude and some crossed fingers praying that I’m not crazy, wasting my time, or wasting my clients’ time. In my dreamworld I’d love to own several high quality Oliphant backdrops but in my dreamworld I also have a much higher budget for this and generally much more money in my bank account. The ones for purchase offered at camera shops in my area are sold from $70 – 150 but they remind of those cliche high school photos. I thought about renting but backdrops are easily damageable and I didn’t want to take on that responsibility.
