Week 10 - Trying out my new background

I have had so much fun this week. First Lillian told me about her backgrounds and showed me hers and links to others. I fell in love with this blue one when I saw these photos. The background is just a large roll of paper which I purchased for $24.95 at www.adorama.com . I ordered it yesterday at 3:00 p.m., paid for standard shipping and it was delivered at noon today. They ship lightning fast and are located in the NYC area so deliveries to close places are pretty quick!

Then last night, Lillian and I made a stand for our paper rolls out of PVC pipe by following these directions on another blog (danicanelsonphotography.blogspot.com).

And then today, we tried it out. Lillian brought her cream and gray rolls and I had my blue and we hoped and prayed that our children would cooperate.

The kids tired out long before we did. But I got a lot of great ones. I was hopeful that the big girls would accomodate our need for models, and they each obligingly sat for a few -- but they would not change outfits or fix their hair, so what you see is exactly how they looked SOTB (straight off the bus).

Also the blue background seems to change color a little but I think it is because the pictures of Adam were taken at 2:30 in the afternoon while it was very bright and the girls were taken at 4:30 where the sun has started setting and the colors have definately cooled -- someday I will learn custom white balance and exposure and that won't matter -- but it wasn't today.

Enjoy!



Also here is one of Adam on Lillian's white background.