[…] Background Essentials A few white foam boards from Walmart to use as a backdrop. Colored foam boards from Michael’s or Hobby Lobby (if you don’t like white), marble slabs or pieces of wood from Home Depot, small dainty jewelry, fresh flowers, magazines, clutches, cute flats (shoes), sunglasses, perfume bottles, candles, makeup with cute packaging, makeup brushes, a mug with coffee, lemon water, tea, and other little knickknacks that relate to the look you want to go for. […]
If you ever find yourself in a crunch to take pictures of products for your blog and want to step away from the foam board or marble tile (you do own these, right???), a super simple background to use is scrapbook paper.
Perfect for those super close detailed shots, you can play around with your jewerly, beauty products, and even food with scrapbook paper and create unique backgrounds that you can’t typically find with professional photography backdrops.
The key is to get a heavier card-stock so that the paper will remain flat and the crossover lines will stay crisp and seamless. Best of all? It’s really inexpensive, so you can buy a few different packs without feeling like you’re breaking the bank. The ones I used here are from the $1 section in Michaels, but I picked up some others for a little project I’m working on as well.
What do you use for your backdrops?
Love this! I have some, but never thought to use it!