What You Need to Know About Choosing a Backdrop for Your Photo Session

Here are a few Tips for Choosing the Right Background for your Shoot:

You shouldn’t be competing with your backdrop
You should be the subject of your photos, not your backdrop, so make sure that you’re choosing something that doesn’t draw the eye away from the photo subjects completely.  If there is too much going on in your background, it’s the wrong backdrop.

What feelings are you trying to evoke?
Before you decide on a backdrop, decide what emotions you want to bring forth through your photos and what story you want to tell.  Choosing a backdrop that fits in with the context of your photos will result in better shots.

Make sure it works with your outfit
Your backdrop should complement your outfit, not clash with it.  This point emphasizes the importance of making backdrop selection an integral part of the entire photo session planning process as you don’t want to end up with a backdrop that creates noisy, unappealing photos.

Consider different angles
A good photo backdrop is versatile.  The more photo opportunities that your backdrop offers, the better it is, so keep this in mind when deciding on a background.  Regardless of the photo backdrop that you choose, remember to approach it with an open mind and to keep it simple.  Speak to your photographer if you need more ideas as they’ll always have some great suggestions.