backdrop/prop ideas

Home depot does not sell what I used, Lowes does. Its foil backed foam insulation.4'x8' sheet is about $10. (Thicker cost more but is easier to handle)


if you go to google images and type Punk Rock Backgrounds you'll get a ton of ideas, some easy some not.

Thanks guys, those are both great ideas.

The picture below is kinda the idea, but more boudoir-ish. I think it would be cool/glam to do some record jackets or movie or band posters or something pasted to the wall, but I don't know where to get that stuff, especially without spending a lot.
I know mixing an industrial look with boudoir which is softer is sorta weird. But I have the chance to shoot a great model and I really would like to add some edgier stuff to my portfolio (an edgier look, not edgier by showing more skin).

wanna do it for me? LOL
I guess I don't know what band posters even look like... I am sheltered, what can I say?

Oooo... how about this!

Go to your local booze store (do they sell alcohol there??) and ask for boxes. I have a great one called "Angry Bastard Ale". Anyway, cut them apart and put the box sides up on the wall.

Or............... you can write out a ton of Dear John letters in lipstick on lined paper and put them on the wall.

Or or or.... Just put newspaper up there!

Oooo Oooo... You could print out images of industrial things. Cogs, gears, etc.

Ohhhhh!! Get a whole bunch of flourescent lights and tile them behind.

Go pick up some hubcaps and make a wall of those.

Get a plexiglass panel and fingerpaint all over it, then put a light behind it.

Go to the junkyard and bat your eyes at the guys and tell them you're doing a model shoot and need some rusted junk that no one will ever buy. Tell them you'll give them credit for the donation.

Ok. I'm done for now.

Oops... I was wrong. Here's another: Get a whole bunch of ties or hats or men's clothing and make a collage on a board. Have her wear one or more.

I might be done now. See what happens when you tweak my brain.

My brother-in-law used to make promo flyers by cutting out the words he needed from magazines, taping them to a piece of paper, then photocopying them at the corner store. Can't get much more punk than that for a concert flyer.

For clothing: In the picture the girl is wearing the white tank, I bet you could get a bunch of those and just write on them with sharpies. Or get plain t-shirts and cut slits in them, cut off or shred the sleeves, cut off the collars so that they are off-the-shoulder shirts. Plus, look at thrift stores and DI (for those who don't know, its another thrift store that is common in Utah) for lacy dresses or tops that can be altered. Plus, Hot Topic has a clearance sections that usually has great stuff. Every once in awhile they have a 50% off clearance sale where everything on clearance is an extra 50% off of that. I've gotten some stuff there for really cheap.