Backdrop stand and non-woven canvas material - Part II

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Backdrop stand and non-woven canvas material - Part II

Postby Geoff on Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:07 pm

OK...I had my best mate Troy pop around this afternoon so I coaxed him into giving me some help with the backdrop system..AND posing for me for some test shots...here we go:

The setup shots are for illustrative purposes only (and were taken in a hurry)...

The backdrop stand with material ready to roll down (length of cross bar in this shot, 4m - length of material = 3m):
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Partial roll out of material:


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My best mate (and best man to be at our wedding) Troy:
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Another one:
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And...a self portrait, don't really like this and I'm posting in a hurry as about to go out, I feel l look too washed out. Comments of course welcomed:

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Postby Reschsmooth on Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:14 pm

Geoff

Thanks for posting the photos and I think the background material will work really well.

The portraits look great, but I think the use of a back/hairlight will really make the whole set up shine in a non-shiny sort of way :lol:
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Postby foonji on Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:09 pm

yeh backlight and lighter clothing :)
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:15 pm

Geoff - Rodin you’re not :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:43 am

Given that this was the background used on Saturday for the portraiture workshop - what did everyone think?

I personally thought it was rugged, didn't reflect too much light (although it could be exposed to give a bit of a mottled grey look), and could be underexposed quite easily if you want a pure black background. Setting it up seems to be a bit of a problem as Geoff has pointed out, but once set up, and particularly with the stands used, it looks pretty stable.

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Postby Geoff on Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:58 am

Patrick - I'm quite pleased, with an assistant this is a great setup for the price.
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Postby Manta on Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:58 pm

Sorry Geoff - I tried searching for "Part I" of this topic but came up empty-handed. Just wondered which system this is? Is it the Fotogen Hercules system via eBay?? If not could I ask which one and how much??
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Postby Kris on Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:03 pm

I felt the stand/material is more than up to the task - worked well. The model, the light kit, stand produced the images we saw earlier - pretty darn good results I think
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Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:12 pm

Manta wrote:Sorry Geoff - I tried searching for "Part I" of this topic but came up empty-handed. Just wondered which system this is? Is it the Fotogen Hercules system via eBay?? If not could I ask which one and how much??
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Simon, speaking on behalf of Geoff :D , this is part I

The material is from Dragon Image.

I believe Geoff is also using the background stands from Oz-Plaza (ebay) - I have the same stands, which were the same used in the portraiture workshop for one of the lights - for the price, very stable.
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Postby Geoff on Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:15 pm

Yep! Thanks Patrick, I've been out and about this morning.
Hopefully within the next few weeks we will also have a nice white background too. Same material.
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Postby michael_ on Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:42 pm

excellent, ordered my kit today x 2 now all i need is some backdrop material, maybe a group buy on backdrop material? ;) with the backdrop stand geoff do you think it would be beneficial to get the largest one? 4.5m x 4m i think over the one you got? that way if you need the size you have it if not you can still go small?
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Postby Geoff on Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:52 pm

michael_ wrote:excellent, ordered my kit today x 2 now all i need is some backdrop material, maybe a group buy on backdrop material? ;) with the backdrop stand geoff do you think it would be beneficial to get the largest one? 4.5m x 4m i think over the one you got? that way if you need the size you have it if not you can still go small?


Michael - sounds reasonable but consider what your main purpose will be for...full body/head portraiture...how many bodies at once etc?
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Postby Manta on Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:24 pm

Reschsmooth wrote:
Manta wrote:Sorry Geoff - I tried searching for "Part I" of this topic but came up empty-handed. Just wondered which system this is? Is it the Fotogen Hercules system via eBay?? If not could I ask which one and how much??
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Simon, speaking on behalf of Geoff :D , this is part I

The material is from Dragon Image.

I believe Geoff is also using the background stands from Oz-Plaza (ebay) - I have the same stands, which were the same used in the portraiture workshop for one of the lights - for the price, very stable.


Thanks for that Patrick (and Geoff - you would have answered if you weren't busy. How dare you have a life!!! :D )
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Postby gstark on Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:11 pm

michael_ wrote:excellent, ordered my kit today x 2


Did you get any email response to your order?

I'm not seeing it in our system.
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Postby michael_ on Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:44 pm

i purchased the ebay kit gary :(
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