From the course: Video Gear: Lighting

Unlock this course with a free trial

Join today to access over 22,400 courses taught by industry experts.

Using a paper roll

Using a paper roll

- Now Rich, both of us do a lot of photography and the other day, I was going to the old camera store to pick up a couple of things, - Yep. - 'cause I'm always going to the camera store to pick up a couple of things. (laughs) - Honey, I just really needed a new lens. - And I noticed in this camera store that I've never been to before, they had a whole area where they had paper backgrounds and some of these paper backgrounds were pretty thin, kind of lightweight paper, but other ones were heavy duty paper almost like card stock, and it dawned on me then, after I looked at the price of them and the sizes they come in, a paper background is a good way to have a pure white backdrop or background. - [Rich] One of the things that's really common in the world of photography, and we have in our own photo studios here, is to have a roll of white paper hanging. The advantage here is that it's clean, it's simple. You just pull down what you need, and then after it gets all scuffed up during the…

Contents