Creative portraits with old background rolls
Wednesday 25 March 2026, 17:17 by Elja Trum | 1,522 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
You can buy all kinds of expensive equipment and props for your portrait shoot, but by simply recycling some old items, such as leftover paper from background rolls, you can also create striking portraits with a little creativity.
In the video below, Gavin Hoey shows you how he builds and lights it step by step.
About the author
Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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