一幅背景布的價格是多少？視乎質素及尺寸而定吧，但是來自紐約的 Sarah Oliphant，由她所手畫的背幕售價超過 1000 美元，她的顧客是世上最著名的攝影師如 Annie Leibovitz、Mary Ellen Mark、Mark Seliger、Lara Jade 等，以拍攝各種人像照片。以下這段影片是由攝影師 Peter Hurley 與她做的訪問，主要是到訪其位於 Bushwick 的新工作室，並看看她是怎樣工作︰

當然畫家的作品並不是淨色的背幕，也有城市景觀、太空、現代藝術圖案等︰

她自 1978 年就開始這個事業，甚至背幕本身已經成為一種藝術品，但以此價格來看，大多數的攝影師根本無法負擔吧？(不過可以用租的) 在她的 Instagram 裏可以看到，不少作品事實成為了怎樣的照片背幕︰

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#Repost @felixkunze with @repostapp ・・・ I'm not one for overly gushing comments or calling everyone I photograph 'the most amazing person ever' (like wedding photographers do) but this lady is seriously one of my favorite humans. Sarah Oliphant has been painting the amazing @oliphantstudio backdrops for every top photographer on earth since 1978. Shot for c't Digitale Fotografie magazine in collaboration with @gabrielhillphoto

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據其所述，典型中等價格與有機材質的背幕就很不錯，至少不像連鎖店產品，不過好的背幕雖然對照片有幫助，但就像其他攝影器材一樣，不能代表一切，最重要是你知道自己需要甚麼。而如果你是要出遠門的人像攝影師，6 X 8 的背幕尺寸就很理想，重點不是長度而是闊度。

是你的話，會考慮用她的作品嗎？比起重覆用同一張白色 / 黑色底紙，確實也是不錯的嘗試呢。

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