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Budget-Friendly Photo Stand

6/3/2013

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You might have caught a glimpse of this in the pictures of my new studio. I built a new photo stand. My old one was fine, but it was much bigger than necessary. And my old Flotone backdrop had quite a few scratches. Not to mention I once spilled melted wax on it while trying to shoot lit candles. It was time for a new one!

A photo stand does not need to be expensive. Mine starts with a card table, which I already owned (was once part of my art festival display, glad I found a new use for it). I fashioned three pieces of white foam core into the side and back walls, held together with packaging tape. The Flotone backdrop is taped to the back foam core wall, and to the table. A simple piece of white fabric acts as the diffuser. It is secured across the top of the foam core walls with binder clips. Two cheap light fixtures hang from the ceiling, with two nice 5500K florescent light bulbs. 
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Here's how it looks in action:
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And here's the photo I just took:
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Ahhhh ... so nice that I didn't have to photoshop out the scratches and the wax stains!
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Linda Starr link
6/4/2013 07:33:51 pm

Great tip and the fluorescent lights aren't as hot, I stored my photo booth set up all the time when not in use and I draped a sheet over the whole thing to keep the dust off of the back drop.

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Stæven link
6/19/2013 10:11:45 am

What size is your flotone paper? And where do you recommend getting it?

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joan scott link
6/20/2013 10:25:59 am

nice results from such a simple setup thanks for sharing

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Polish Pottery link
7/15/2013 08:23:21 am

Photo looks really good. Hope since now you will publish many many photos in here :)

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K. Cameron
12/5/2013 10:54:38 am

Mia,
Thank you sooooo much for sharing this. You are so very generous with your wealth of knowledge, and I appreciate that!

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Jennie Sniderman
1/8/2017 12:52:15 pm

Are you using 60 watt or 100 watt bulbs?

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Jennie Sniderman
1/8/2017 01:13:11 pm

Would be helpful to have a picture of the lightbulb. There are so many variations.

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Mea
1/8/2017 04:48:08 pm

There's a link to the light bulbs I'm using in the blog post.

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