Graduation is a giant milestone for many teenagers and young adults. This moment of immense achievement will require a massive amount of photos, both before and after the ceremony. While most photographers prefer to take photos outdoors of soon-to-be grads, there may be times that the weather or location won’t allow for the best scene for a photo. Luckily, there are a variety of photography backdrops that are perfect for taking graduation photos.

Bokeh is a trending photography technique in which the background of a photo is blurred substantially to create a soft, compelling, deliberately out-of-focus effect. You may have seen a blurred bokeh background in night photography shots where streetlights and car headlights and taillights become artfully abstracted shapes in the background. The word “bokeh” is derived from the Japanese word “boke” which means “haze” or “blur.”

Printed backdrops have opened a huge door for studio photographers to take advantage of and indulge in. With limitless design options, photographers can quite literally set up any scene they can imagine in their own studios! From colorful patterns to realistic textures and even iconic landscapes, portrait clients can choose to be transported to any place or time they wish. While Backdrop Express supplies several types of printed background material options like Poly Paper, Vinyl and Cloth, we are excited to be expanding our printed backdrop – and seamless paper – lines with 24 new Printed Seamless Paper offerings!

Photo Courtesy of Tanya Lee Hervey Photography

Outside of Christmas, Halloween is one of the most anticipated children’s holidays. There are few things kids love more than being able to dress up as someone (or something) else for a day and getting free candy in the process. Some kids plan their Halloween costumes for months in advance, narrowing it down to their favorite superhero or current pop culture icon and then assembling the perfect design elements. With all of the thought, time and effort went into their costume, why not mark the occasion with fun Halloween backdrops worthy of how awesome they look? Whether you’re having a Halloween party or just want to capture your ghosts and goblins before they head out for trick or treating, a Halloween backdrop will set the scene for photos to treasure.

Have you been getting the itch to capture some creative full-body photos against a bright and bold background, but your floor just doesn’t work with what you’re going for? Perhaps you just want a creative pattern or setting that you probably won’t find in any normal home. With hundreds of printed backdrops available at Backdrop Express, you have the potential to offer an entire one-of-a-kind set up for your next photo shoot for any client – even the four-legged kind!

Love the look of glamorous glitter and shining sparkles for those extra special portrait sessions? We do, too! Do you love sweeping and cleaning up the mess from a pound of glitter strewn across the floor that’s also somehow made it’s way into every crack and crevice in the room? We don’t, either! Here’s where we introduce our new Glitter Patterned Backdrops… a printed background collection that’s suitable and convenient for any studio!

School’s out, kids are home and not a lot’s going on this summer? Make it a weekly activity for your kids to plan out their very own special summertime photo shoots! Build up an inventory of summer backdrops and props to go along with your sweet models and encourage their (and your!) imaginations to run wild!