Floor/Background for a Nudeshot

**soeren** · 26-Jan-2012, 04:40

Thanks all
Most of you recommends somekind of textile (sp?) so Ill look into rugs, carpet sheets and the like. I wonder if the zoo would notice if a tiger and a polar bear went missing

**Jim Jones** · 26-Jan-2012, 07:39

It's much more fun working with a bare girl than a girl bear.

**soeren** · 26-Jan-2012, 08:06

Originally Posted by Jim Jones

It's much more fun working with a bare girl than a girl bear.

The bare Necessities

**Robert Opheim** · 4-Mar-2012, 19:25

I once used the back of an old carpet for an interesting effect with some soft focused portraits....

**Rick A** · 9-Mar-2012, 05:22

I have a painters drop cloth that I favor as a backdrop. It's untreated duck cloth, light tan, and can be painted or left plain.

**Dan Dozer** · 11-Mar-2012, 10:38

From my experience:

Normal single color carpet - I've never gotten that to work. Patterned carpet does offer some possibilities.

Seamless - can work quite nicely. What tone are you looking at for the floor - white, black, patterned?

Bedsheet - don't advise - it will come out looking like a bedsheet.

Background cloth or painters drop cloth - the texture can come out looking nice, but it will likely take a little practice to get it to what works for you.

Concrete/Stone/Wood floors - lots of good possiblities with these. If your shot is closely cropped, what about going to a discount flooring place (maybe even home depot) and getting a box of wood flooring if they have it cheap and just put it out on the floor for the model to sit down on.

Other considertion - don't put her on the floor, if you have something like a wooden box or crate and shoot like that or can even cover with something like a back cloth or painters drop cloth - getting her off the floor might work well.

I've also heard that you can get a thin board (I think it's called tile board) down at home depot in 4 x 8 sheets that has a glossy surface on one side that you could get reflection of the model on - that might work really well.

**Frank Petronio** · 11-Mar-2012, 11:05

I agree with Dan, I've seen some nice work with concrete floors and worn factory/industrial settings. But nobody wants to cuddle up to concrete so an additional prop - a box, stool, towel - might be a good idea.