Graduated backgrounds for photography

[Les Symonds]

Does anyone know a UK supplier of graduated backgrounds in sizes suited to our type of photography? I found one supplier, but they now say that their smaller sizes are no longer available and I've found zillions of USA-based suppliers, but shipping/tax/duty payments make the cost prohibitive.
What I really want is a black-to-white, or grey-to-white graduation of about 1.5 x 0.75 metres....but size isn't critical.

Les

[GBF]

Loads on Ebay

Regards George

[Mark Sanger]

Graded background

[Les Symonds]

Loads on Ebay

Regards George

Thanks George...yeah...I checked ebay this morning, but most of the UK based suppliers were selling 1.5 x 2.0 meter sheets and the trouble with sheets that big, is that much less of the graduation is visible in the shot of smaller items, such as we tend to photograph. I did find one UK based seller with a more sensible size, but he wants £73.95. I had formerly found a UK seller of 1.0 x 0.75 graduated sheets for about £25, but his supply has run out and he can't get any more.

Les

[ChrisF]

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/products/colorama/100x170cm-white-black-colorgrad-background-90606/show.html

[Les Symonds]

Graded background

Thanks, Mark....that looks promising, although I also used your term of 'graded' instead of 'graduated' on ebay, and it turned up a few more suppliers which look promising.

Les

[Les Symonds]

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/products/colorama/100x170cm-white-black-colorgrad-background-90606/show.html

Many thanks, Chris....can you believe that I phoned Jessops to talk about cameras and mentioned these to him....the guy I spoke to said that they didn't sell graduated backgrounds! Having just looked at their web-site, I see that they have quite a range.

Les

[julcle]

Use technology Les, a plain background that can be made transparent then you can add any background you like to enhance the piece. A lot cheaper too as one paper background will not fit all.