They're just paint and canvas, but in Hollywood's Golden Age, painted backdrops played a vital role in the magic of movies, creating cities, sunsets, or anything else a director could imagine. Art ...

Hand-painted backdrops from 'The Sound of Music,' 'Singin’ in the Rain' and other classics enjoy the spotlight in a just-opened show at South Florida’s Boca Raton Museum of Art. By Laurie Brookins ...

Stuart Fawcett says he's invested (wasted) far too much time and money on backdrops over the years and as a result, his quest to find the perfect one still continues. To help photographers try and not ...

A portrait background plays a much more important role than filling the space behind your subject. It can be a strategic tool, reshaping the picture’s essence and perception. A simple headshot or a ...

A Cuebric-generated environment on an LED sound stage. Since the beginning of movies and television, directors have needed to film their stories in particular settings. Sometimes they went on location ...

There are so many factors that go into a great Instagram post: the outfit, the pose, the filter. But before you can even get all that down, there's one essential piece that ties not just your photo ...

The ceremony backdrop is the focal point of your I dos and one of the most photographed locations of your entire day; it will help set the tone and aesthetic of everything that follows. Whether you ...

A new exhibition in Florida is bringing together 22 mammoth backdrops used in classic studio films and celebrating the overlooked artists who created them Casual movie-goers and cinema obsessives ...

To jaded movie goers of a certain age, Hollywood backdrops induced eye rolls and snickers. As painted scenery rolled by outside a moving car or an eerily still vista floated behind an actor, viewers ...