ReeRay Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 As age creeps up on me and the temperatures here continue to rise, I'm considering turning to table top/studio product shooting. My question is, which is the preferred backdrop for the buyers - white or black. Personally I love black, especially with a black acrylic base, but do the buyers? What's you view/opinion/experience? Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Absolutely it should be black...well only if you can go back in a time machine to the 1980s... White for the simple reason that pages of print are.... (insert colour here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 White for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Nice website there Geoff. I could happily live in those homes - if only! White it is then, along with the other millions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Black for potatoes. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Black for potatoes. wim Only if they're Irish spuds! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 They only do the tinned version here! New Jersey spelt "Jursey" !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 They only do the tinned version here! Tins? Warhol! wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Just looked tinned potatoes on a white background - there's only 14! Shopping tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giphotostock Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Highkey, on a very light but graduated white background with a bluish tint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Why not shoot two versions, one with a black background and one with a white background, and let the buyer decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 White. Let the buyer change the background if they're that concerned. How much are they paying for this?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Why not shoot two versions, one with a black background and one with a white background, and let the buyer decide. This is, of course, the logical answer and is probably the route I'll take. Roulette ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Why not shoot two versions, one with a black background and one with a white background, and let the buyer decide. This is, of course, the logical answer and is probably the route I'll take. Roulette ? Red and black, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Towers Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 My preference is to go with black as in my opinion that gives better scope for clients to put in vivid colored (coloured) copy for adverts. But then again I'm not an advertiser! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giphotostock Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Go to an edited library, preferably commercial, do a search for your favorite still lifes, look at the results, make a conclusion for yourself. Hint: it won't be black. GI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Nice website there Geoff. I could happily live in those homes - if only! White it is then, along with the other millions! Thanks, TBH having shot a lot, I mean a whole lot, of them....there have only been a handful that I would like to live in (mainly ones with great outbuildings...I mean who doesn't want a 60 foot long industrial barn!!). There are a few reasons for white, firstly it's easy to put in to print if the subject can be cut out. You don't get colour contamination and you do (hopefully) get fairly good lifted shadows which make the same task easier. I shot a load of named orchids on black in the 80s/90s and whilst they sold well (and still produce sales) - a DK book (IIRC) on orchids with white b/g just killed the market for them. The book was a revelation and things have not changed much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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