1. Place the Botero 5x7" muslin background in front of you (facing away from you) and then rotate it until it is laying horizontally on its side. 2. Gripping the background with the top and bottom (now the left and the right sides), pull the two sides slowly toward you until the background begins to fold. (Note how the background folds itself into two distinct cicles resembling a figure 8.) 3.Take the circle nearest your head and push it away from you so that it folds down into the circle laying on the ground. The Botero 5'7" muslin background is now folded and ready to be placed inside it's carrying pouch. Cheers.
Kind of like what you see here: http://www.backdropoutlet.com/catalog/flexout_video.htm I love my flex-outs, super easy to transport/store....I throw 2-3 in my car for the wedding day even when I'm planning on using my large canvas. Sometimes you just don't have the space for the stand and/or portable strobes and you can support these against the wall on a chair or the larger ones from the floor. For really good prices check the Ebay outlet store for Backdrop Outlet.
Todd.....for people that are used to folding the larger reflectors and even the sun shades for car windshields, folding the smaller flexouts isn't too difficult. The larger ones can be a real bear to fold and even with the diagrams, it can take awhile to master the process...after you're used to it, it's kind of like riding a bike or "tying your shoes".....
If only those things were as easy as tying your shoe laces. I've watched assistants struggle with the bigger ones and almost get tangled up in them : -) It's even more fun folding a 5" light tent. Thanks Jason.
Did a quick google: looks like B&H has some really good prices as well http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=pagination&A=nextPage&Q=&catId=3472&compareCatId=3472&shs=&ci=3472&ac=&al=&mnp=0.0&mxp=0.0&bl=&s
Like the film clip! When I worked for my long time ago commercial photographer he had and still has the reflectors that fold like that. At first I struggled with them and he would get so angry watching me struggle. It was a great accomplishment when I finally got it. Cheers!
I've got the even larger one, with the pull-out floorpiece...it's like wrestling a python, and it doesn't come with instructions...so on Day One, I was all sorts of perplexed. Trial and error, and it's up and running. Cool things to have.
Todd, I'd pay to see you fold one for the first time. It would provide 45 minutes of entertainment - I'd go home smiling and you'd go home with the thing stuffed under your arm. This little video clip is excellent.
Hey everyone. I had just purchased my Botero background and received it this past Wednesday. I didn't start feeling a little uneasy with the lack of instructions until after I had tried [unsuccesfully] to collapse it. After three exhaustive hours of Googling, I could find nothing even remotely helpful save for a few forums, most of which were not at all easy to follow. Someone somwhere said the method was similar to the PhotoFlex Photo Drops except "handled differently". Of course, not a big help, but it got me sort of in the right direction. After I figured it out, I felt like a moron but at least learned it before my big photoshoot tomorrow evening. Oh yeah. Having trouble with a portable backdrop in front of the client? Oodles to my credibility, I tell you what. So to everyone else out there also having similar (or possible carbon copy) troubles, this thread was for you! The "film" is actually several stills of me "acting" in front of my Canon EOS 20D on a tripod with timer. I then put it all together in Photoshop and animated it in ImageReady. I figured the animation would help more than words. Thanks for the comments and you're all welcome!
Sorry Edward, but watching me fold one for the fist time would not provide much entertainment. I have a 7x8 flex twist from Backdrop Outlet that I use occasionally for school portraits. I folded it correctly the fist time and every other time after that. And Edward, you know what you do when you make assumptions...
Fantastic, my blood pressure has just dropped back to normal, its really not that hard when you know how! thanks
