Quick & easy seamless desktop photo backdrop

FAR148 · January 01, 2023, 04:33:11 AM

Have you ever wondered how people took pictures of their models with a seamless single-color background? The secret is having a curve in whatever material you are using for a background. And I'm going to show you how to make a simple and inexpensive one.

Head over to https://anadventureinawesome.com/2023/01/01/quick-easy-seamless-desktop-photo-backdrop/ to see and learn more.

Build what brings you joy,
Steven

Nefetiti · August 28, 2025, 04:55:31 AM

I used to take photos of all my builds and ended up with folders full of digital shots I'd forget about. Now I pipe them into a digital frame from www.nixplay.com and just let them cycle through. It's a fun way to enjoy past projects and it reminds me of little tweaks I want to try later.

Weaver · August 28, 2025, 05:05:54 AM

Yay, a Canon man!

Mine's an old second-hand EOS-20D. Just wish I could afford better lenses for it. Mind you, now that some money's coming my way...

What's yours?

PR19_Kit · August 28, 2025, 01:05:41 PM

Quote from: Nefetiti on August 28, 2025, 04:55:31 AMI usually grab screenshots of my build at each step, then check them later to see what I might've missed or done differently. Helps me spot little mistakes before glue sets.

I do that with all my builds, and post most of the pics in my build threads, hoping I don't bore you all too much. $:-\$

Rheged · August 28, 2025, 02:08:11 PM

Build pictures are very relevant, and give a great deal of help to fellow whiffers experiencing similar problems/difficulties/opportunities. I for one never find them boring.

As a retired teacher, I regard it as similar to asking pupils answering a maths problem to "show your working"

Rick Lowe · August 28, 2025, 10:21:20 PM

Quote from: Rheged on August 28, 2025, 02:08:11 PMBuild pictures are very relevant, and give a great deal of help to fellow whiffers experiencing similar problems/difficulties/opportunities. I for one never find them boring.

As a retired teacher, I regard it as similar to asking pupils answering a maths problem to "show your working"

I agree; they're all part of it, and interesting in their own right.

Gondor · August 29, 2025, 10:28:15 AM

For me, the single-piece backdrop is for beauty shots. The work-in-progress pictures get most of the detritus moved out of the way, so you have a chance to see what I am taking a picture of. I have been using a large blue sheet of card for the best part of two decades, as far as I remember, and I think I need to renew it as it's starting to get tatty.

PR19_Kit · August 29, 2025, 10:43:21 AM

I use my duvet cover or the carpet for my pic backgrounds.

kitbasher · August 29, 2025, 11:09:56 AM

Quote from: FAR148 on January 01, 2023, 04:33:11 AMHave you ever wondered how people took pictures of their models with a seamless single-color background? The secret is having a curve in whatever material you are using for a background. And I'm going to show you how to make a simple and inexpensive one.

Head over to https://anadventureinawesome.com/2023/01/01/quick-easy-seamless-desktop-photo-backdrop/ to see and learn more.

Build what brings you joy,
Steven

I use a roll of wallpaper (lining paper, actually).

Dizzyfugu · August 31, 2025, 01:34:27 AM

One of the oldest practices in object photography?
Don't forget to set up proper light, though, because the object's shadows and lack of light on the background can ruin the "seamless" impression easily.