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Where to Find Wide Seamless Canvas and Muslin for DIY Photography Backdrops Online

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Finding seamless muslin to use for photography backdrops or to dye for photography backgrounds is a bit tricky depending on your location in the world.Here is my resource collection of online retailers to help you find places anyone can order seamless muslin or canvas at least 10′ wide.

I’ve dyed canvas before and it sure was a learning experience but in the end I ordered canvas backgrounds from B&H Photo Video instead of making any more.  Many people are far more creatively inclined or have specific needs – this resource is for you.

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Filed Under: DIY Photography Tagged With: background, canvas, DIY, dying, muslin, online retailer, purchase, seamless, supplies

Setting up a Background Stand and Muslin Backdrop

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My first video blog entry: setting up the background stand I purchased from Amvona.

Only took me 5 minutes to set up the system. I had no idea it would be this easy to use!

Song “All You Said” by Everyday Jones via Pod Safe Audio

Equipment Shown

  • AS-V306 Background Stand – $79* usd No Longer Available
  • Elite Solid Muslin (Thunder Gray) – $67* usd

Both purchased from Amvona.com. Check out my Amvona Profile.

* Prices notes are the price I paid at the date of purchase.

Similar Products from B&H

  • Impact Background Support System Including Stands, 12′ 4-Section Crossbar, Bag – $99.00
  • Botero MUSLIN BACKGROUND 10×12′ – Grey – $82

Photos Using Equipment

Here are some photographs I have taken using this equipment.

Transcript of Video

Terri:
Hi everyone I’m Terri this is my first video, so it’s the first time you’re ever going to see me fumbling with my words, just kidding, um it’s the first time you’ve seen men and heard me all at once. And today I just kinda wanted to show you how to set up this new background stand that I bought from Amvona.com.

Um, snap to set up, I just got it today, I got the background last week but the stand was on backorder. And it’s so easy to setup, this is actually the first time I’m going to be setting it up with the background attached too. Um, and I just think it’s really neat to watch how easy some of this photography stuff is, and think “Why am I setting up this jerry-rigged system behind me and throwin’ sheets over it and propping it up with things” when it’s not that expensive to buy a quick little stand.

No horse playing around it because it will break it’s not an expensive stand but if I’ve got people standing in front of a background, taking pictures, acting like adults this will last me plenty. So Let’s get to the time lapse video of em setting this thing up and I’ll talk to you a little bit later. Bye.

[Time Lapse Video of Setup]
[Still Frame: 5 Minutes to Setup]
[Still Frame: And Now the Tear Down]
[Time Lapse Video of Tear Down]

Terri:
So that’s it. Took me five minutes to setup, a little bit longer to tear down because folding a 10×20 background: not fun, in any ways shape or form. Um, Usually if I was really going to be shooting in a space this small all the time I would never have bought a background that big, but that’s actually a background I’m planning on using for different things.

Um, so yea. Leave me a message on the comments and let me know what you thought: good, bad, ehh… don’t ever get in front of a camera ever again, nobody likes your voice, you look like a tramp. By the way, beauty counter at Macy’s, okay, I don’t usually look like this so I apologize. Um and I guess that’s about it so thanks for reading and I hope this helps somebody somewhere! Bye!

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