Place to get White Backgound paper????

[student]

My wife got a new camera for christmas this year and wants to take some pictures of our 2 year old daughter with a white background. Is there a good place ot buy the wide white paper rolls other than online. I want to try to avoid paying shipping since it is fairly large. I live in Fargo.

[Todd Caswell]

How about a white sheet?

[finnbay]

I know some places in the Twin Cities, but shipping matches the purchase price. I would think the Fargo area would have something. Check with a paper supplier in your area - like Kinko's. They may have a supplier.

[Steve Foss]

I would also use a white sheet, or go to a fabric store and buy enough white fleece or muslin or cotton fabric to do the job. Should be pretty inexpensive, and you can re-use fabric. I have 7 different solid colors of fleece and/or felt for product photography backdrops. I bought it during a clearance sale at a fabric store in the Twin Cities.

It works very well as a portrait backdrop in some situations, too. I store it on the same 6-foot-long cardboard rolls it came on, so wrinkling/folding is not an issue.

[MinnesotaMike]

If you are set on getting white paper, try calling a large commercial printing outfit in Fargo/Moorehead area.

If they print large format they might have some as large as 44" x 63", or if they have a web type press you can get butt rolls ( the end of the roll that gets tossed )

Call and talk to the shipping guys, let them know what you want to do.

They will probably give you some, it gets recycled otherwise.

Good Luck,

Mike

[MN Shutterbug]

The only problem with paper from web presses, such as news print, is the paper isn't very white. Just place a piece of copier paper next to your newspaper and you'll see what I mean.

Just paint a wall white and you'll have a permanent white backdrop. I have a wide white wall in my basement and it worked great for my daughters' family photos.

[Steve Foss]

And if you're using a white wall as a backdrop, paint it flat white so there's less reflection.

[Gekhang]

i would try any camera store in your area, otherwise i know quite a few places in the metro that sells white seamless papers in 53" or 103" wide and 12 yards long.