Nice backdrops - update February 3rd

Not sure how I missed these last couple of photo shoots. The magic show is really cute, and the camo soldiers look fantastic with that backdrop — they blend it perfectly. Nicely done.

Very nice stuff (as always). I really like that KIMI Toys sculpt in the last picture. It's beautiful and still radiates that cool "no nosense" expression. Perfect choice!

The foliage backdrop is great, I've thought of trying my hand at painting happy little trees but getting a forest backdrop like that would be easier.

One more nice vinyl backdrop with the illusion of light shining through windows. By the way: the nice wedding dress is a cheap product for Barbie dolls (2 Euros!) bought via aliexpress.

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That was pretty neat. Are the other girls supposed to be bridesmaids or just guests? Just curious. I’ve tried finding vinyl backdrops for certain projects but haven’t had much luck — resorted to cloth terrarium backgrounds.

Great scene, ElBundy. Love the light, custom characters, posing, and the special smile magic. And Matt Damon as a priest sounds like a fun movie already.

Great shots!

all these group shots are amazing, love the backdrops for sure but love the story telling and "crowd" effect even more! Thanks for sharing!

Nice wedding, that dress doesn't look too bad either specially for the price.

Ooooh! Fun! That forest backdrop looks really good and you've used it convincingly. Nice scene!
And that wedding photo scene... Amazing, the sense of joy you bring into these photos in particular through careful posing and clever use of those smiles. Well done!

This time I put some bubble wrap peace below the vinyl backdrop to enhance the three-dimensional effect of the ivy.

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Very effective. Beautifully put together and beautifully shot.

I have made some more experiments with backdrops. A quick solution for a photo shooting is using hard backdrops with 60cm height an with (thickness 5 mm)
You can easily assemble them with angles. I have got boards with different colours and some of them are laminated with wallpaper (stone walls and windows/doors)
I use table runners as 'carpets'.

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Great shots! the small details on the shelves and in the background really bring these shots to life!

Excellent examples. And good approach. When I use non-digital backgrounds, I mount printed matte-poly images on cardboard or foamboard using tape, thumb tacks, and now mostly magnets. Wall backgrounds are the best, as you don't have to worry about your figures and items casting a shadow onto them. Nature backgrounds are more tricky on account of that. Your table runner carpets are an excellent idea.

Doing a backread, fantastic work all around, ElBundy! I'm having a great time looking at the details.

Crime scene: set looks great and so many characters, perfect use of the GACtoys head with the tongue out.
I'll look for that Josh Brolin (Sicario) headsculpt... only if I find a good Alejandro headsculpt.

Magic: Let's hope Zatanna won't sue Hermione for copying her costume and act.  

I did something similar with my Zatanna bash and backdrop, have yet to take pics and post.

Wedding: Backdrop looks great, light coming through windows look very realistic.
Keanu looks spot-on with the smile, I mean it looks more like Keanu than the actual sculpt.

That Pierce Brosnan head, you wrote "age faceapped" so I assume that's done with the app and not a custom. Just curious because it looks great, just like how he looks in the upcoming DC Black Adam movie playing Kent Nelson/Dr. Fate.

Backdrops: That Barcelona chair looks 1:1 real.
Is the pink-haired girl supposed to be Natalie Portman in Closer? haha nice posing and color scheme!

These shots are all amazing! I enjoyed every one of them. Beautiful believable characters, natural posing and lighting, great backdrops (and carpets )!

Very cool new photos and scenes. The idea of the table runners for carpets is pretty cool. Well done as usual.

I remember you said you removed the wrinkles on some of your backdrops with photoshop, but have you ever had any success getting wrinkles out of the actual backdrop? I recently ordered some backdrops from Aliexpress and I always forget how bad those creases are. This is why I didn't get more of these in the first place. I know you can get them shipped in a tube but the store I ordered from didn't allow that option. I have them hanging up in a sunroom but I somehow doubt it will be enough to remove all the creases from where they were folded up.

skywalkersaga wrote:I remember you said you removed the wrinkles on some of your backdrops with photoshop, but have you ever had any success getting wrinkles out of the actual backdrop? I recently ordered some backdrops from Aliexpress and I always forget how bad those creases are. This is why I didn't get more of these in the first place. I know you can get them shipped in a tube but the store I ordered from didn't allow that option. I have them hanging up in a sunroom but I somehow doubt it will be enough to remove all the creases from where they were folded up.

Well, I admit that the wrinkles are a problem. Most vendors deliver the vinyl backdrops folded and not in an tube. So I roll them a up firmly around a tube for about one week on each side. Then I use a flat iron without steam. In most cases that's it. If there are wrinkles left I use the app 'retouch' which is extremely easy to use.

Ah ok, thanks for the honest reply. I will try to get rid of the creases as best I can, but I don't have much hope seeing as I have a previous backdrop that's been hanging up for nearly two years in direct sunlight and the wrinkles never fully faded. So I guess photoshop will have to do for these ones.... :/

From now on I will probably just try to print my own -- despite how 'cheap' these the backgrounds are, it's not worth it to me to have to deal with wrinkles.

Great Dios and i can´t get enough of all the fantastic details. Think the photographer Scene is my favorite because of the pink glitter shoes !

Another nice vinyl backdrop in combination with some artificial snow

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That's pretty slick. Did you add the falling snow in a photo editor, or were you sprinkling it from above?

Great shots! the snow looks superb!

Beautifully done, although you must be one of those photographers models hate to work with -- I mean, she is not really dressed for snow. No wonder she needs to snuggle up with a shaggy canine for warmth.

ElBundy wrote:I have made some more experiments with backdrops. A quick solution for a photo shooting is using hard backdrops with 60cm height an with (thickness 5 mm)
You can easily assemble them with angles. I have got boards with different colours and some of them are laminated with wallpaper (stone walls and windows/doors)
I use table runners as 'carpets'.

Some examples:
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These two grabbed my attention the most. I especially like the top image. That chair! ..the wall unit complete with books and a small car
The wooden furniture in the lower image looks top notch.

Both figures look good. Well dressed. Well posed.

Stryker2011 wrote:That's pretty slick. Did you add the falling snow in a photo editor, or were you sprinkling it from above?

I used the free app ‚Just snow‘ for snow effects.

Brilliant shots! Love Harley!