searching for a backdrop stand and backdrops

[bradsdad]

Hi All, this is my first post and i am considering buying a backdrop stand and a couple of backdrops, i was thinking of a white muslin of 8ft x 16ft and a black 1 of the same size. these are for home portrait shots, my question is are they of adequate size and is the colour choice ok, also i am in the uk and dont really know any good suppliers.my lighting is a portaflash system and canon 450d.
your help would be much appreciated.
cheers
Rob

[Asylum Steve]

Welcome to the site, Rob, Sir Dad of Brad. Yes, the size and color choice is ok for a start. I would imagine you should be able to find the material fairly cheap. So cheap, in fact, you may consider going a bit wider. Especially if you intend to shoot groups of people.

One thing to keep in mind is that muslin wrinkles very easily. That's not always a bad thing, but you may find that a small portable garment or fabric steamer is a handy item to have...

[bradsdad]

Cheers Steve, is there a better alternative to muslin a cloth that wont crease easily, i dont want to use paper as i dont have the storage.
thanks
Rob

[Asylum Steve]

Sure. Just like with clothing, most synthetics will not wrinkle nearly as much as cotton. Something like a polyester. Or maybe a blend...

[Ten000fold]

Hi. i'm sorry if i'm too late to get in on this however i had an experience today after days of looking on the internet for muslin. i walked into joan fabrics and found a 10'x20' black muslin for $56 however I had a 40% off coupon that they have in their adds almost every week. then i found another coupon on my way out of the store. I walked out of their with 2 10'x20' one blue and one black for $66. That my friends is a great deal. now if you have a joan fabrics near you I would go their. I would not worry your self about getting high thread count it's not all the internet stores say it is. you can fold the 10'x20' in half and have just as thick of a backdrop as the $100 muslin. My cousin uses just regular cotton backdrops like sheets lol and gets fantastic pictures out of it. This muslin I picked up is way better materail than his so im expecting to be very happy. I sure hope this helps some one.

[Asylum Steve]

Yeah, I'm a big fan of jo-ann's as well. IMO, there's no reason to pay specialty-store prices for solid color fabrics...

[lincostore.com]

I think this UK suppliers will be fit for you!http://www.lincostore.com/?Fs=fpProd...&Type=1&Page=1