TSL 3 Ways to Hang a Backdrop DIY Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
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Hi this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to show you three ways to hang a backdrop: two simple and one more complicated. I’ve shot backdrops my entire career and hanging them up has always been a problem. I started in the beginning with these huge backdrops. Taping them, and clipping them, and clamping. I have a whole closet full of them.
We’ve talked about this first one before in “6 Tips for Setting Up a Home or Office Studio”. bit.ly/1kddMhp We just use half-inch plumbing pipe with an elbow and a plate that attaches to the wall or ceiling depending on how you’ll use it. Then you slip the one-inch pipe over the ends and clamp it in place. One inch is my absolute favorite pipe because it’s just strong enough that it’s not going to bow on a ten-foot length, but not so heavy that it’s just a huge old pipe to have to haul around. One listener sent me a picture where he had taken several of these and painted them all black so they looked really cool. He hung them on the wall at different heights. You could put three backdrops up at once. So these are really simple.
For our second option you simply take your one-inch conduit, put it through your backdrop sleeve and attach it to a C-stand on each side. That’s it, you’re all set to go. If your backdrop doesn’t have a sleeve on it you can simply attach it with clamps. Now the expensive part about this setup is that you have to have two c-stands. Well if we don’t have c-stands and we don’t want that expense, we can put these on regular stands. We simply drill a 5/8-inch hole and it will set right on the stands. And the one-inch conduit is strong enough and wide enough to do that.
Now we’ve got this ten-foot piece of pipe that’s too long to carry in our car. So we’re going to cut it to six foot. And then we’re going cut a ten-foot piece of inch and a quarter conduit to six-foot. Now we have two six foot pieces of pipe, which are still pretty long but much easier to carry in a car. You sleeve them together and can make it longer or shorter as needed. You pull them out to ten-feet and there’s enough of an overlap there with that foot that it’s not going to bow. It’s not as wonderful as a single pipe but it certainly transports a lot easier.
For our third solution we needed something that would allow us to get different angles without running out of backdrop. On a recent shoot for the hair product Pura D’or we had a 25-30 foot drop but it still wasn’t enough. So we decided to bend the pipes. We put a one-inch into a one and a quarter inch and I just bent it by hand. I’ve been working out. So now the pipes can’t come apart but there’s a straight piece of this one-inch conduit that sticks out the end. I can put a straight piece of inch and a quarter conduit on. Those two come together. So now I have a straight piece and a curved. We have the sleeved backdrop so we slide it on. To get it up in the air we attached a couple of Cardellini clamps and then hooked c-stand arms to those and hoisted it.
So there you have it- three ways to hang your backdrops from The Slanted Lens. If you have any other topics you’d like to see or questions about the backdrops let me know in the comments, I’d appreciate it.
Thanks for watching and remember, keep those cameras rollin’ and keep on clickin’.
Jay P.
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Einstein said a genius isn't a man who understands a concept or theory, but one who can explain it. Right from your first corny joke you have your audiences attention and we are very lucky to have such an experienced and successful photographer giving up his time for us. As someone who is just venturing into the world of lighting and backdrops (health has massively reduced my nature photography) I'm immensely grateful to you.
+Mark Harris Thanks Mark, I appreciate the kind words.
Backdrop videos are underrepresented on UA-cam. Thanks for making this guide.
Love her. I’ve always loved her. I like seeing her as a person and still be a genuine human all the time. This was hilarious. Great 👍
I love this guy. He really enjoys what he does and it come out in all his videos. Makes me feel good and brings a smile to my face every time I see him.
Thanks Ray!
Always straightforward, useful info from Jay P. I'm looking forward to your next on-the-shoot video; those are always my favorite. :)
One thing that i'm using now are magnets. I screwed a few strips of metal into the wall of my studio and use some really powerful magnets to hold the backdrop up.
+Zarli Win Cool idea. Thanks!
I wanna try this! Thanks!
Sounds simple. Will give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
Damnn that's a very cool Idea!
@Zarli Win - you are a genius sir. How did you attach the magnets to the muslin material/backdrop? I am really going to have to try this. I just have to chase down some powerful magnets now.
I always get exited when I see you upload a video. So many amazing tips! Thanks for sharing.
Mercedes Hayward your hot
Excellent video!!
Oh awesome. I had done the half inch pipes in the ceiling but with screwed in pipes over the whole span which forced me to use clamps even if my backdrop was sown.... I will upgrade it to us the 1 inch tube the way you have it set up. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing with us!
@@TheSlantedLens i did the upgrade tonight. I will also use a pipe at the bottom to "stretch" my cotton backdrop once i have a loop sown at the bottom too. Cheers.
The rounded poles idea is genius!
Awesome video. I would love to see more videos on backdrops.
Hey. Amazing tip!I'm from Germany and I love your channel.
That introduction! And the bending of the pipe... I can totally relate to that! hahaha
Thank you for the video.
I love how you keep your videos entertaining as well as very informative. If you ever feel like moving to Texas, I would love to have you as a mentor lol
Thanks Jared. I'm available for mentoring on Skype. If you're interested email me at jayp@theslantedlens.com. Thanks for watching!
@TheSlantedLens If it hasn't been done, I'd love to see a video going through favorite on-location backdrop steamers with maybe some tests to see how fast/hot they work and what's the best option for a tight budget. Thanks!!
Great video! Thanks for the tips.
OMG!, This is Wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
I honestly clicked on this because of the funny awesome face you made in the title. And then you were lost in the curtains. You have made my day.
I watched so many videos and finally finally! This guy gives me the answers I needed. Thank you and you have a subscriber
Welcome aboard! Thanks for the sub!
great video many thanks for sharing this info!!!
Great DIY solutions for photo shoots! 😎😎
Glad you like them! Thanks for your comment!
This was awesome! thank you so much for doing this video!!
If one doesn't have a drill press one might consider superclamps - they attach directly to the baby pins on your average light stand and grab onto poles and such just fine.
Thank you! So good that I stayed through the screaching noises
Great stuff!
I noticed in the introduction that an assistant was steaming the backdrop as it went up, the best investment I’ve made for my backdrops is my steamer but yours are massive compared to my measly three metres. But they say size isn’t everything...
Great video that I have watched before, I find many of your videos are definitely worth revisiting as they a jam packed full of tips and ides. Now to ask my mother in law if I can borrow her press drill.
Good luck with your mother-in-law, Mark! And thanks for watching The Slanted Lens!
Awesome. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge.
You're welcome! Check out my videos for more tips and tricks.
When I had a studio I used a pulley system with both metal and wood poles with eye screws at the end of the poles that would clip into two steel bolt clip swivel eye hooks tied to two pieces of rope. This allowed the changing of different backdrops or seamless rolls to be done quickly. It worked well on 12 foot seamless rolls well too.
Great video. That helps me a bunch with my own space. Thanks
+Sheradon Dublin Glad to help!
"your mother in law has a drill press" hahaha
The intro has me so fucking weak cause that’s literally how frustrated I am with this backdrop 😂😭 thanks for the help
oh my gosh it's 6 a.m., I came across your video, you made me laugh even though I'm dead tired. "if you don't have a drill press..." LOL, too funny
Great one!
You're awesome! Thanks so much!
Great video .....if I use the plumbing pipes to mount three rolls of seamless paper on the wall do you have any tips on easily rolling the paper up to interchange between backgrounds...Thanks
Love your personality.
Thank you. Appreciate you feedback!
Great video like always. Where could I get the bottom part to your stand?
Your intro made my son laugh loudly! Thanks!
I'm happy to entertain!
Bend it...Just bend it! Lol Love it!
I love this channel
Marko Bugarski c
Love love love this! Thank you so much
You are very welcome! Thanks for your comment!
Very useful!
excellent ideas. like drilling the 5/8th inch holes in the end of a pipe for a crossbar which might be sturdier than crossbars sold with background stands
Yeah, some of them are not sturdy at all.
I had an artist friend paint me two 8x16 foot canvass backdrops. In the past I only used the paper rolled type of backdrops. How do you handle/store your cloth backdrops to make them easy to handle and be mainly wrinkle free?I do use a clothes steamer to remove wrinkles once it is hung, but it sure would be nice to reduce these.
thank you so much i searched and searched for this video, i wanted a video like this for larger space. i got tired of seeing muslin and paper small width backdrops. and i needed cloth as well, i thought it wans't a thing as cylcorama kept coming up
I'm happy to help! I hope whatever you are working on goes well!
Very inspire video..
As entertaining as ever!
Very informative and entertaining video, thanks! Thumbs up and I became a Subscriber as well.
Thanks for watching and for subscribing, Jacob!
What if you want to roll them up Jay, how do you set that up with the one inch pipe? thanks
Thank you for sharing, you remind me of Scotty Kilmer from UA-cam as well lol. God bless
Thanks for watching and keep on clickin!
@3:30 no need to drill holes. I put a T-shaped plumbing thing on a regular stand. Works great! =)
J
Thanks for the ideas
Thanks for watching!
Excellent Video.
Do backdrops need to be pulled tight or can they be a bit loose?
+seldblog Depends on the look you're going for. Do what works for you. Thanks for watching!
I was going to ask if it was EMT, IMC, or Rigid Conduit and I paused the video after you drilled pressed it and saw the markings EMT thank you for the video.
Glad you found it useful. Have a nice week!
That intro! :D hahah ^^
great advise
Thanks for watching!
i legit watched the first twenty seconds of the video and i immediately suscribed.
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Hi. Great video. I have a question regarding backdrops, I really hope you can answer. For a regular talking head video, what dimensions of the backdrop would be suitable? I don’t want to place the subject too close to the backdrop, have some distance and accent lighting around too. But with all that, do you think something like 3m in width and 2 m in height would be suitable? I’d really appreciate your response. Thanks
3 meters in width will work well. The height should usually be longer than the width like most standard backdrops you can roll them out to whatever length you need. But if it is just head and shoulders you may get away with the 2 meters. It seems a little tight though.
Righty-tighty on your c stand, you had the knuckle facing the wrong direction in your demo. That way, if the pipe sags, it will tighten the knuckle instead of loosening it.
THANK YOU!
Any suggestions on how to take wrinkles off of white back drop🧐
We usually use a steamer. You can also use a spray bottle and spray it with water and then when it dries the wrinkles should be lessened. And of course an iron will work but that is very time consuming.
@@TheSlantedLens DEFINITELY! However I noticed because it’s Polyester material, the spray bottle in warm water doesn’t work too well. Any suggestions?
You woke me up! 😂 hilarious.
Glad you got some laughs!
Please please please tell me where you got the Van Gogh bedroom backdrop? A-mazing! (super great tips and video too btw!)
The images were custom made in Photoshop and then we sent them to Denny's and had them custom make it for us. Thank you!
Super! If you ever are willing to rent them out please let me know!
Where can I find leather Backdrop like what you have?
What do you use and how to keep backdrop from un-rolling, especially using the metal pole inside the roll?
Use an A-clamp on the end of the tube of the seamless to keep it from rolling out more and tape down the seamless on the floor.
JP. I am in the market for buying my first Backdrop and Stand. I have been on Amazon and found a dozen or so backdrops and stands, but I am at a loss. Would you recommend 100% cotton or a different fabric? Also, what's the difference in sizes? For example, when would I buy a 10' x 10', 10'x12' or 10'x20'? I want to have the flexibility to shoot up to 4 or 5 people across, such as family photography, but want to stick mainly to 1-3 people. Is there a recommendation there? I really like your stand Idea, using the pipes, but I need portability, so I am looking at several heavy duty portable stands on Amazon. My price range is around $200 for the stand and backdrop(s). Much help would be appreciated. Love your videos btw. Always informative.
Can anyone recommend a good (ideally cheap) place to get a custom backdrop made? I need something that looks like it was used during the Victorian era by a portrait photographer. I can't paint, but could possibly produce the image in photoshop. However I have no idea how to print it onto such a large piece fabric. Any suggestions would be very appreciated.
Dave (based in the UK)
opening sequence was fucking cute as hell. subscribed.
+Rollin Leonard Thanks Rollin.
The intro is totally me LOL
intros are the best! we like to be goofy sometimes.
what's the best way to keep the fabric from wrinkling?
never fold it
a phsyc doesn't need to be curved, generally speaking they are smooth white screens used at the back of live stages that you put colored lighting onto
Nobody I mean Nobody is putting in this much work in 2022. I had to dig to find this info. I've emailed backdrop companies and they didn't even give this much info.
Glad you found this helpful. Thanks for your comment!
:) Amazing videos! :)
Nice video as always but I wanna know how to remove wrinkles from backdrop. Thx
+bh02csi Hey, good question! Lars and I spoke about this on Trends from the Trenches this month (ua-cam.com/video/At_Fw-jXP9c/v-deo.htmlm46s) but the short answer is to use a steamer, or weights and something to stretch the sides.
how would you switch backdrops once it’s mounted to ceiling to the wall?
You have to twist the bracket arm down to release the drop.
I have a gable roof. Any tips on how to use/ hang backdrops on my top floor?
+Doede Boomsma Are you looking to mount something on the wall/ceiling or set it up using a stand? If you are mounting something to hold the drops up, just make sure both sides are equal-distance from the floor so the drop looks straight.
+The Slanted Lens There's not enough width and height for a decent backdrop because of the gable-roof (it's like a triangle). I haven't searched hard for a solution, so this was just a quick question.
MOOOOOOOOOREEEEEEE!!!! :)
Don't forget to make sure the C Stand always has the Screw part on the right side of the arm. Terribly unsafe with it on the left.
the intro LOL ME
Thanks for watching! :D
This video was entertaining
Thanks for watching!
For the average home studio guy, its a bit over whelming. Keep it simple. I use magnets, lots of them. Tiny base plates are easily wall mounted for the magnets to anchor onto. No poles, no stands, and minimal cost. Works for me very well.
Thanks for the tip! A lot of people could benefit from that idea!
Where did you get that huge backdrop? I have been looking and cant find one.
We custom ordered it from a company that makes backdrops.
now that i see that mentioned.....what kind of fabrics can be use?
Preferably do not use fabric.
I'm going to use pvc pipe instead of metal conduit pipe. PVC is lighter, cheaper and easier to cut,
I'll still be using a metal plate, straight and elbow pieces though.
Thanks for the Video!
lol. this guy is funny.
Where can I see your work?
+Paco Ramirez Here's my website. www.jaypmorgan.com
How do I keep the backdrops from rolling down?
Put an a-clamp on the end of the drop where it is rolling off.
Legendary intro. 😂
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Keep on clickin.
Can you do a how to make a simple UA-cam background with camo
I'll see what I can do!
The Slanted Lens thanks if I like it I will use it for my UA-cam channel and I will give you a shout out and post your page up on mines so anybody who wants could go check it out
Your dam right that those big backdrops are hard to set up. I am 12 years of age i had to put one up in the air 4 metres high for a production all by myself it hit me on the head it wasnt very good.
That sounds painful.
Yep, BTW i love your vids i have set up a youtube stuio in my garage and brought myself a Canon 700D with the rode video mic go
My motherinlaw is a drill press lol
This guy is all shopping carts and kittens
LOL. Thanks for watching! Have a great week!
That guy with the reciprocator saw cutting the pipe next to his hand scared the SH*T out of me.... I was wincing hoping that he wasn't going to cut himself
That looks a lot closer than it was. The power of long lenses. 😬
Thought that was Bubbles from ‘Trailer Park Boys’ in the thumbnail
I have heard that a few times!
"1 inch is my favorite type of pipe"
lol
good idea, but your C stand arms are backwards. they should be righty tighty, not lefty loosy.
Thumbnail looked like Bubbles!
interesting. sorry for misleading you?
Did he say this was going to be easy?
Let the Pros do it...
I rather go deliver pizzas, save up, buy dirt cheap stands.
This DIY tutorial is mentally more expensive than buying a stand. UNLESS your mother in law has a drill press which is true 95% of the time according to his optimistic attitude.
Giveaway is US only :/