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Using wallpaper as a portrait backdrop
From the course: The DIY Photographer
Using wallpaper as a portrait backdrop
- Hi, and welcome to The DIY Photographer, I'm your host, Joseph Linaschke. Today we're talking about backgrounds. Specifically, backgrounds made out of wallpaper. Now think about this, if you go to your home fix-it center, you're going to find wallpapers of all different kinds of textures. Some like these here, this is kind of a linen looking texture. Maybe big patterns like this one, kind of an interesting white with swirly, circle-y, grey lines on it. But you'll also find things that look like real world scenarios, like a brick wall, or a concrete wall, or even wood. Now those things don't look 100% realistic when you get up close to them, but they can make great photographic backdrops. Sure, they're not three-dimensional. If you were to put a light on the brick wall, you're not going to get those little shadows that you'd get on natural brick, but as a photographic backdrop, just a little bit out of focus perhaps, it's going to look totally believable. Now the cool thing about…
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Potato chip can trick for macro photography8m 26s
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Using a chain as a stabilizer for your camera6m 55s
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Making a flash diffuser out of a plastic cup4m 50s
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Creating a low-cost constant lighting setup5m 56s
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Light diffusion with parchment paper2m 44s
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Choosing the right fabric for your backdrop7m 28s
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Setting up a studio-style backdrop workspace7m 35s
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Building a double flash head holder10m 18s
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The many uses of binder clips2m 21s
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Using foil as a fun and easy backdrop5m 30s
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Creating natural light diffusion with mylar3m 25s
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Using wallpaper as a portrait backdrop1m 32s
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Using a painter pole to get an aerial-type look4m 42s
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Another clever binder clip trick1m 37s
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Rigging up a cold shoe accessory bar3m 20s
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Building a ground-level light and camera stand5m 45s
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Adding cold shoe support to a handheld tripod8m 27s
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Constructing a large v-flat diffusion panel8m 39s
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Making your own diffusion panels for hot-light work8m 23s
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Creating your own shadow casters3m 46s
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Constructing a massive but inexpensive soft box8m 18s
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Fabricating false walls for a clever backdrop solution3m 24s
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Creating simple but effective reflective panels5m 26s
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A creative solution for overhead photography12m 56s
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Constructing a low-cost camera dolly16m 53s
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