I've had a few people ask me where my photography backdrop is in relation to our house. Well, it's in my little studio room. I got the idea when I realized I had a TON of curtains & curtain rods hanging around from our old place. I thought a great way to clean up the look of my non-maternity maternity shots would be to add a curtain over the closet doors. Then I added another curtain to the floor to cover up the ugly carpet. I've been using this system for a while now, but now I'm wanting an even cleaner look. I totally get washed out in white. PLUS a white backdrop is harder to expose for & get correct white balance for. I'm still a major rookie at the photography thing. In the back of my mind I've been thinking a middle-grey curtain would be so much better to shoot. Yesterday it clicked. I thought I'd go to Home Fabrics, a place that my friend had told me that offers discount home & upholstery fabrics, and see what they had. Despite their lack of grey fabrics (they mostly have tan & burgundy) I was able to find some printed grey cotton for $5 a yard. It was originally $10 a yard. I needed cloth that was 57 inches wide - which just so happen to be the exact width of this fabric! All I had to do was hem the two ends & I was ready to rock & roll. Did you know that if you rip fabric, it'll rip in a straight line, exactly perpendicular to the selvage? That's how I was able to get an even hem on both ends. Making this back drop took about 15 minutes & $22. I slide the fabric to the edge of the curtain rod & use bulldog clips to secure the extra off the ground when not in use. It's a pretty slick system. Much better & cleaner than my last method. Backdrops are so yearbook/1990, but I love that I can focus on taking pictures of me & the kiddies without worrying about the background/ugly carpet/styling. What do you think? So, if you take outfit pictures or kiddie pictures, what kind(s) of backdrops do you use?