Subject: eBay Photo Tip #101 (Backgrounds Really Do Matter!)
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 13:28:23 -0400
This has long been a heated topic of discussion in newsgroups and forums,
the importance of selecting the proper material for product shot
backgrounds. I have been known to use my signature and trademarked
blue/gray mover's blanket for my background. The cool side benefit is the
gray side is standardized in 18% grayscale. Perfect for setting WB and
exposure. I've been known to throw in a painter's white canvas drop cloth
for products that need to stand out even more.
Other suitable background materials can be found when the typical eBay
seller is doing what they do best, dumpster diving. Turn a corrugated
cardboard box inside out and you have another professional looking
background for your heavier and cruddy objects that will ruin your normal
studio backdrops. Mover's blankets are $10 each while cardboard is free.
See how the pros work with backgrounds.
<http://ritaberk.myhosting247.com/backgrounds.htm>
Rita
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the importance of selecting the proper material for product shot
backgrounds. I have been known to use my signature and trademarked
blue/gray mover's blanket for my background. The cool side benefit is the
gray side is standardized in 18% grayscale. Perfect for setting WB and
exposure. I've been known to throw in a painter's white canvas drop cloth
for products that need to stand out even more.
Other suitable background materials can be found when the typical eBay
seller is doing what they do best, dumpster diving. Turn a corrugated
cardboard box inside out and you have another professional looking
background for your heavier and cruddy objects that will ruin your normal
studio backdrops. Mover's blankets are $10 each while cardboard is free.
See how the pros work with backgrounds.
<http://ritaberk.myhosting247.com/backgrounds.htm>
Rita
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Subject: Re: eBay Photo Tip #101 (Backgrounds Really Do Matter!)
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 12:33:22 -0700
Rita Berkowitz wrote:
> This has long been a heated topic of discussion in newsgroups and
> forums, the importance of selecting the proper material for product shot
> backgrounds. I have been known to use my signature and trademarked
> blue/gray mover's blanket for my background. The cool side benefit is
> the gray side is standardized in 18% grayscale. Perfect for setting WB
> and exposure. I've been known to throw in a painter's white canvas drop
> cloth for products that need to stand out even more.
>
> Other suitable background materials can be found when the typical eBay
> seller is doing what they do best, dumpster diving. Turn a corrugated
> cardboard box inside out and you have another professional looking
> background for your heavier and cruddy objects that will ruin your
> normal studio backdrops. Mover's blankets are $10 each while cardboard
> is free.
>
> See how the pros work with backgrounds.
>
> <http://ritaberk.myhosting247.com/backgrounds.htm>
>
>
>
>
> Rita
The background does not matter in the least, since you knock it out and
replace it during postproc.
http://www.tinaja.com/glib/postproc.pdf
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> This has long been a heated topic of discussion in newsgroups and
> forums, the importance of selecting the proper material for product shot
> backgrounds. I have been known to use my signature and trademarked
> blue/gray mover's blanket for my background. The cool side benefit is
> the gray side is standardized in 18% grayscale. Perfect for setting WB
> and exposure. I've been known to throw in a painter's white canvas drop
> cloth for products that need to stand out even more.
>
> Other suitable background materials can be found when the typical eBay
> seller is doing what they do best, dumpster diving. Turn a corrugated
> cardboard box inside out and you have another professional looking
> background for your heavier and cruddy objects that will ruin your
> normal studio backdrops. Mover's blankets are $10 each while cardboard
> is free.
>
> See how the pros work with backgrounds.
>
> <http://ritaberk.myhosting247.com/backgrounds.htm>
>
>
>
>
> Rita
The background does not matter in the least, since you knock it out and
replace it during postproc.
http://www.tinaja.com/glib/postproc.pdf
--
Many thanks,
Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073
Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
rss: http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml email: don@tinaja.com
Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com