DIY Photo Backdrop: How to Create a Penny Tile Backsplash

Make your food photography pop with a stunning tile background (and without the hefty cost of a renovation). Here, photographer Tabitha Park shares how to build a DIY penny tile backdrop, offering tips on gathering supplies as well as a step-by-step guide to working with non-sanded grout. For more tips on building DIY backdrops for photoshoots, join Tabitha for DIY Backdrops: Dynamic Surfaces for Tabletop Photography, a Skillshare Staff Pick: skl.sh/324FdW0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DIY PHOTO BACKDROP QUICK JUMP MENU
00:00 Supplies You'll Need
00:38 Arranging Your Penny Tiles Together
00:58 Applying the Glue
02:13 Preparing the Non-Sanded Grout
02:53 Washing Away the Extra Grout
03:58 Cleaning Up Your Work
04:20 Join Tabitha on Skillshare!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABOUT SKILLSHARE
Skillshare is an online education platform with thousands of classes taught by the world’s best practitioners. Come take a class on illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, crafts, and more. To get started, sign up for a free trial here: www.skillshare.com/signup
Subscribe to Skillshare on UA-cam: skl.sh/yt-subscribe​
Skillshare on Instagram: / skillshare​
Skillshare on Facebook: / skillshare​
Skillshare on Twitter: / skillshare
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABOUT TABITHA PARK
Tabitha Park is a lifestyle, product, and food photographer living in Portland with her husband and Smallcat. She loves plants and chocolate. In DIY Backdrops: Dynamic Surfaces for Tabletop Photography, she shares tips to help food bloggers, photographers, content creators, and others learn to create a variety of background ideas at different price points: skl.sh/3dTURpI
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MORE DIY PHOTOGRAPHY RESOURCES
Create show-stopping photos for your Instagram, Etsy, or portfolio with DIY Product Photography: Style & Shoot Creative Stills, a Skillshare Original from Rachel Gulotta and Daniel Inskeep of Mango Street: skl.sh/3GUaGsM
Shoot video with soul and make your clips look more expensive with essential tips from cinematographer and director Ryan Booth, who shares his expertise in DIY Cinematography: Make Your Video Look Like a Movie, a Skillshare Original: skl.sh/3F6qckX
Delve into the delicious world of culinary photography with Food Photography: Shooting in 5 Styles, a Skillshare Original from Leela Cyd that covers five ways to tell stories through food: skl.sh/3sceTnG

[@Skillshare-com]

When it comes to food photography, what surfaces or backdrops are your favorite? Why?

[@UN_UrbanNomad66]

Great job! 💐

[@shannonrios8982]

What kind of board are you using for this?