How to Build a Backdrop Stand

Backdrop stands can be made from most materials.

A backdrop stand is used in photography to hold up the backdrops. The stand is a large vertical rectangle and its construction and design specifications vary from model to model. Backdrops help change the setting for the photo. Most backdrops are white, but they can depict a scene (like woods).

Things You'll Need

• Four 3-foot steel bars
• Two four-way steel joints
• Two 8-foot steel bars
• Two 10-foot steel bars
• Two steel elbow joints
• Drill
• Screws

Instructions

1. Insert two 3-foot steel bars into the ends of a four-way connector joint. This will be one half of the base.

2. Repeat Step 1. This is the second half of the base.

3. Position the two bases parallel from each other 10 feet apart.

4. Insert a 10-foot steel bar into each connector joint. When looked down at from above the shape should resemble an "H."

5. Insert two 8-foot steel bars into the remaining hole in the connector joint. The pole will be vertical.

6. Attach two elbow joints on the other ends of the 8-foot poles. Make the elbow joints face each other.

7. Place a 10-foot steel bar into the two elbow joints. The structure will now resemble a rectangle.

8. Use a metal drill to screw metal screws into the joints on the backdrop stand. Insert one screw for each connection.

9. Attach a backdrop and take pictures.

References

• "Fashion Photography: A Complete Guide to the Tools and Techniques of the Trade"; Bruce Smith; 2008