Why Circular Backdrops? More and more people are turning to circular backdrops when shooting their products or services. However, there is a large number of different fabrics you can choose from in the market. So how do you decide which fabric to use for your backdrop? There are many factors involved in deciding what type of fabric you want on your photography backdrop. Here we will discuss how to look at the various available types and make an informed decision:
- White: White is always a good choice in any situation where you want high contrast in your images without distractions like shadows or other objects that may appear gray. If there is one color that goes with anything, it’s white! It should be noted, though, that fine patterns may not show up well against a white background. White can also be harsh, creating strong shadows behind your subject.
- Gray: Gray is another color that you will see photographers using quite often when creating their still life images or portraits because it creates high contrast without generating any distractions in the image like patterns appearing on white do. It has the added benefit of making textures stand out more than on white backdrops due to light falling off smoothly across the backdrop where there are no hard shadows created by the light source (which would make high contrasting spots). However, if you choose to use gray, make sure it’s a good quality fabric because cheaper ones may have a bit of blue or brown in them and go directly into your image. Gray also looks very good when paired with other colors for backgrounds because of the natural hue it produces.
- Black: Like white, black is a high contrasting background and is popular in certain styles like edgy glamour and fashion photography, where the skin tone is critical to showing up well against the backdrop and not turning into a dark shadow or gray color. If you shoot darker skin tones, be sure that your light source (strobe or continuous) doesn’t overpower them by creating unflattering shadows across their faces, as they will end up looking like dark spots instead of faces.
- Blue: Blue makes for a great choice if you want something different than white, gray, or black, as they all basically have the same look of high contrast with minimal distractions from other colors. Blue, like gray and black backgrounds, creates nice smooth gradients (light to dark).
- Green: Chances are your first choice for a green backdrop would be nature or an outdoor setting. However, you can also use greens indoors as well if that’s what you’re going for stylistically. Greens provide great high contrast images as well as sharp, clean lines (also known as hard lines); they may not be the ideal background when shooting under fluorescent lights because of the harsh shadows they cast but will work nicely with LED or daylight lighting. Try using different shades of green to mix it up and make sure your color is true to form and isn’t affected by any ambient lighting sources.
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