Choosing Photo Backgrounds

Photo backgrounds add variety, dimension and mood to your portrait and product photography

How to choose the right photography background?

• Paper photo backgrounds are ideal for product and portrait photography. Our seamless solid color paper comes in 50 different colors and in 2 sizes.
• Graduated photo backgrounds are ideal for product photography. They are washable and available in 3 different sizes. This is a picture of a vase in front of a graduated photography background:
  
  
• Specialty papers can be used as a background and for covering props, or for craft projects. Available in vinyl-backed velour, granite print, swirl print and in stone print in various colors and sizes. The picture below shows oriental lilies with a swirl print paper background.
  
  
• Muslin Backdrops are made of textured, hand-dyed Muslin fabric and add life to your portraits. Available in different colors and sizes, including black or white.
• Chroma Key Backdrops are used in video and electronic compositing where different visual elements are combined into a single image, also known as blue screen. They come in green and blue and in various sizes. Also available as Twistflex panels.

Photo backgrounds can be hung on a wall or on a ceiling, which requires installing hooks or another type of hanging mechanism, or they can be installed on a support stand. We offer the following solutions:

• The Portable Background Support includes two all-metal, adjustable stands with a horizontal bar. A soft case is available for easy transportation.
• The Drop Ceiling Background Support attaches to the T-bars of a drop ceiling frame and is easily installed with hooks and X-clamps
• The Wall Mount Background Support System is a heavy-duty, permanent studio installation for hanging paper and fabric backgrounds.