How to Make a Backdrop
Making a backdrop for pictures or paintings is very easy. In fact, you don't have to "make" anything. You simply need to get creative.
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Things You'll Need
- Any kind of sheet, blank wall, or large piece of fabric.
- Some kind of fasteners, like hammer and nails, thumb tacks, safety pins and twine (depending on your needs)
Instructions
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Think about the subject and purpose of your picture.
1. What is this picture for? Fun? Decoration? Romantic Gift? Picture of a product to sell on eBay? Professional reasons?
2. What color, light, and setting will complement your subject.
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Go through your house. You can use bathroom towels (preferably without designs unless that suits your purpose), you can use bedsheets, large sheets of aluminum foil taped together, or simply a blank wall. If you want to, go outside and find a good backdrop.
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Once you have chosen what to use as a backdrop attach it to two points at the right height, either with nails or thumb tacks in a wall, etc.
Find a complementary flat surface you can place the object on.
Adjust your lighting, and take several pictures (alternating backdrops if you need to).
*Here is an example of an easy backdrop - in this picture I held up a tablecloth behind this candle while my mother-in-law-to-be took the picture of the candle sitting on the kitchen counter with natural light hitting it from the kitchen window.
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*Here is another example - I set this candle on top of a dark wood china cabinet with a white wall behind and an overhead light nearby. I thought the contrast of the colored candle, the dark wood, and the white wall was very nice.
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If you can't find anything else you could always check the local fabric store or maybe cheaper you can check the Goodwill for sheets etc.
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Tips & Warnings
Be Creative
Have a friend around to help
