# Poor Person's Seamless Photography
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784 "2023-02-25T00:36:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@IMArocketman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/IMArocketman)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/1 "2023-02-25T00:36:50Z")
Hey everyone, just wanted to share an easy, cheap photography set up for your throws. I do this each month for the subscription strings and it is super simple. Total cost (not including your phone or camera) is around $0.50
You’ll need:
- Kitchen Chair
- Some tape
- White poster board
- The sun
- A cell phone
Optional items include a cell phone mount and upside down trash can lol
You’ll need an overcast sky for this. If it is sunny you can find an overhang like a porch or large umbrella to provide even shade. Or wait until the sun is about to set for more stylized results.
The result after some light color correction
I have a Pixel 4A which is a very mid phone, so you don’t really need the latest greatest for this. Let me know if you have any questions!
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### Author:  [@aszyd](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aszyd)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/2 "2023-02-25T01:20:39Z")
Sunlight is definitely the key! For photos that I want to put some more effort into, I have a couple PC case side panels, one silver and one black that I use as the base for photos. I take those outside. I have to do more of an upward angle to not capture the background, but it works.
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### Author:  [@RaRa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RaRa)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/3 "2023-02-25T05:28:03Z")
OMG thank you!
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### Author:  [@p44company](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p44company)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/4 "2023-02-25T05:45:48Z")
This is my take on yoyo photography (broke edition)
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### Author:  [@IMArocketman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/IMArocketman)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/5 "2023-02-25T05:55:55Z")
Nice! Great lines, love it
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### Author:  [@p44company](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p44company)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/6 "2023-02-25T06:03:01Z")
Thanks! Also I forgot to mention I crank up the exposure from my smartphone to hide the seem lines from the white papers to make it look clean.
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### Author:  [@dfurtke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dfurtke)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/7 "2023-02-25T12:15:45Z")
I wondered how you kept the strings taught in that pic! I was imagining 4 people huddle around the yoyos all holding strings super still until you got the shot
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### Author:  [@p44company](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p44company)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/8 "2023-02-25T12:26:43Z")
It’s was a one man job and I quickly figured how to achive this method after I analyze the original photo from Instagram, but yeah all it takes is to have an anchor point (pins) to hold the strings intact and you can re-arrange the yoyos and the string whatever you want (just go crazy with some ideas) plus tilting the drafting table an little bit (brown ply board) for gravity.
And after that you got the subject! MMMONEY SHOT BABYY
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### Author:  [@IMArocketman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/IMArocketman)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/9 "2023-02-25T22:59:23Z")
Lol that’s actually a different technique aside from the lighting. I did have 4 assistants standing behind me but didn’t want to give away the big secret
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### Author:  [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/10 "2023-02-26T00:17:43Z")
> [@IMArocketman](#):
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> Total cost (not including your phone or camera) is around $0.50
Which part costs 50 cents? 🙂
And nice pics!
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### Author:  [@IMArocketman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/IMArocketman)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poor-persons-seamless-photography/370784/11 "2023-02-26T00:51:25Z")
Just the poster board! This is also assuming you have a kitchen chair and some tape I suppose