Simple & Smart & what a difference! in Making a Backdrop for Indoor Plant Photos

By rocklady
April 15, 2014

When my indoor plants bloom, DH and I like to take photos of them. Sometimes it is difficult to obtain a good photograph of them without a proper backdrop.

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critterologist

Apr 14, 2014 8:54 PM CST

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Name: Critter (Jill)
Frederick, MD (Zone 6b)

thanks for sharing your backdrop method along with your elegant photos! this is the sort of great idea that's so simple, I know I'm in good company slapping my forehead and saying "why didn't I think of that? a long time ago??" LOL

when I even think of the background, I grab something handy -- like a towel or a t-shirt. that does hide clutter, but it doesn't elevate photos to the level of art.

We're all learners, doers, teachers.

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vic

Apr 15, 2014 3:40 AM CST

Name: Vicki
North Carolina

Beautiful photography!

NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION ~ Garden Art ~ Purslane & Portulaca ~

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rocklady

Apr 15, 2014 6:52 AM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

Thanks so much. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one.

We have some epis hanging in our sunroom that are about to open and one of us is going to have to hold the board behind the plant to get a good shot.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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plantladylin

Apr 15, 2014 7:45 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Jean: What a fabulous idea! I've heard of folks using black painted poster boards and black fabric as backdrops for taking photograph's but poster board is flimsy and fabric becomes wrinkled so neither of those methods works for long. I love your idea of painted canvas!

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

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rocklady

Apr 15, 2014 8:05 AM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

Thanks, Lin. I probably should have said that we tried the fabric and you're right, it becomes wrinkled and then you concentrate on the wrinkles rather than the flower.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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CDsSister

Apr 15, 2014 5:53 PM CST

Name: Marilyn
Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b)
Garden today. Clean next week.

with Jill, definitely art, thanks for sharing the tip.
Do you have to store it flat? It would be nice to be able to roll it up.

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CDsSister

Apr 15, 2014 6:30 PM CST

Name: Marilyn
Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b)
Garden today. Clean next week.

Sorry got so busy looking at the wonderful picture I missed the last couple of lines.

| @CDsSister | Post #590885 (7)

rocklady

Apr 15, 2014 6:53 PM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

@CDsSister Rolling it up would cause another problem. We have some maps that we roll up and store in tubes and they tend to take on a curl. That's why we used the canvas stretched on a frame.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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CDsSister

Apr 15, 2014 6:57 PM CST

Name: Marilyn
Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b)
Garden today. Clean next week.

| @CDsSister | Post #590909 (9)

rocklady

Apr 16, 2014 8:49 AM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

I have an epi that opens during the day and it is beginning to open today. It is in a hanging basket and it has proved quite a feat to get the backdrop behind it, but I am hopeful I will get some good shots, which I will post if they come out. The position of the sun also makes it a little difficult.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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Oberon46

Apr 16, 2014 9:22 AM CST

Name: Mary Stella
Chester, VA (Zone 7b)

I have noticed several nurseries online using the black background. It really makes the flowers pop. Thanks for your experience and even more so for the beautiful pictures.

From -60 Alaska to +100 Virginia. Wahoo

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rocklady

Apr 16, 2014 9:26 AM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

Thanks so much everyone for the acorns and thumbs.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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rocklady

Apr 17, 2014 9:54 AM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

The first bloom ever on my Chuck & Jerry epiphyllum.

Hybrid Epiphyllum (Epiphyllum 'Chuck N Jerry')
Uploaded by rocklady

Yesterday 9:30 a.m.

Hybrid Epiphyllum (Epiphyllum 'Chuck N Jerry')
Uploaded by rocklady

Yesterday 9:30 p.m.

Hybrid Epiphyllum (Epiphyllum 'Chuck N Jerry')
Uploaded by rocklady

This morning 7:00 a.m.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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