Quick Tip: Infinity cove for photos

I thought I'll drop a quick tip on how to create an infinity cove for photos taken at home, at your desk. Before you think it's expensive, my basic setup only costs me......

SGD0.40

You read it right! For $0.40, you can create that lovely infinite background effect! While you might have heard of a DIY infinity cove, there's really no harm in reading on, ye? :p

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What is a infinity cove?

According to the Wikipedia stub, an infinity cove is an "all-white space with no corners, designed to give the impression that the background of an object extends to infinity".

What happens, in practical terms is, you cannot see the partition between the 'ground' and the 'horizon'. There are no corners, because the background for the photo is curved.

So, why do you even need such an effect? Because I think it's an elegant method of photography. Photos always look better with an infinite background effect. They look more professional too.
The best bit is, you don't need a lot of money to recreate the effect.

If you are already taking photos using natural daylight for your photos, simply purchase a large (A3 and bigger) piece of white paper. I prefer them to be of at least 150 g/m2, so it's less filmsy.

I purchased mine at Popular Bookstores (one of the bigger mass bookstores selling stationery in Singapore). They only had it in White, which is a pity. I much prefer mine to be in grey, or black. White is terrible if you're planning to photograph an item that is also white in color.





I usually use sticky tape or blu-tac to hold up the paper. Alternatively, if you're intending to have the item face direct sunlight, you can consider using the cardboard insert of a kitchen roll, and glue one end to the paper. That way, it will stand on its own.


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With this simple set-up, you're on your way to taking professional photographs! You willl still need a good macro lens (especially for product shots), and good editing skills, but that's not the purpose of this post. =)
I hope this quick tip will be useful to some of you, catch up with you guys sooon!


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