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Blankets: The New Product Photography Backdrops

add pizzaze, a touch of class

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/blankets-the-new-product-photography-backdrops • Posted by michelle G.

with this bad economy, I am finding it hard to justify buying the high end photographic muslims needed to do my clients product displays, so I have been using blankets cotton, wools, fleece and flannel. they add texture, movement, gloss... its simple to set up too I recreated some to show you

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

0 h 10

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

with this bad economy, I am finding it hard to justify buying the high end photographic muslims needed to do my clients product displays, so I have been using blankets cotton, wools, fleece and flannel. they add texture, movement, gloss... its simple to set up too I recreated some to show you

Instructions

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    first, set up your display for a sample I am using books I set up my lighting and pulled the dark blue cotton blanket over a table I placed the books down and snapped them from above

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    to create a more dramatic, sweeping look photograph your object on the floor pull a chair over and drape the blanket over the chair and pull it a bit over the floor place your product down and shoot it don't be afraid to mess the blankets up a bit, create little folds for a sculpting effect [i used a flannel blanket to create this look]

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    the super shadow look photograph from above, pull the blanket as tight as you can, angle one light directly onto the object to create shadow