Forum: Photography


Subject: Help me avoid blown out highlights

ASalina opened this issue on Feb 16, 2002 ยท 16 posts


JordyArt posted Sun, 17 February 2002 at 3:23 PM

Sleeping bags draped over chairs?!? What a great background!!! Jeez, that's cool..... I've started buying 3 or 4 metre lengths of materials from a local dressmaking suppliers...building up a decent range of backgrounds from just 1 per metre, so it's a cheap and easy thing.... The really good bit is they love me taking the long cardboard tubes off their hands too - so I can attach the fabric at one end with a Hot Glue Gun, roll it on and it's neat, doesn't get crease lines in it like folding, and easy to use when I need it - simply unroll and hang the tube on 2 supports!!! Taa-daa!!! Another of Mike's Cheappy Tricks! btw, the supports I use are the lighting stands I bought for the lamps in an earlier thread - just 15 each...... I'm a skinflint, I am!! (",)