Help with painting backdrops

[puddingwrestler]

This was constrained by the size of my photo booth, but the one for battle reports... will be about 6 feet long.

[matrixone]

Lack of room is a small part of the reason I gave up taking pics of my models indoors.

Have you considered taking pics of your models outdoors?

I take ALL pics of my models outdoors, even the in-progress pics.

Outdoor photography has some advantages...mostly great light and plenty of elbow room to set things up. Good light is the key to good model photography, its easier to get a good sharp focus and the colors look better too.
Having extra room is important when setting things up for your photoshoot, you can place the backdrop as far away as needed to make effective use of it.

The downside to outdoor photography is you are dependent on good weather conditions...rain or high winds can keep you from taking pics sometimes but its not that bad of a problem, you just have to wait sometimes.
I live in a part of the country where we get the highest amount of rainfall in the entire nation every year and I still get all the pics I want, sometimes I have to wait a few days during the winter months.

Matrixone

[puddingwrestler]

I live in the Australian Equivilent of your place Matrix! South Gippsland gets a LOT of rain. And I live in a hilly town - my block slopes away in about seven different detractions at once. Even the driveway and carport are not quite level, which is one reason I don't often do things outside.

Photographing things inside is not so much  problem, I've got massive windows for light, it's more finding space to actually paint a backdrop...

[matrixone]

My home town sounds much the same...its built on hilly terrain and few streets are on level ground. It rarely snows here but when it does its very exciting watching all the cars crash and slide downhill.

Lack of space indoors is what made me try outdoor photography in the first place, I used to take pics indoors but it was such a major hassle plugging in the extra lights and tripping on some of the wires.
My home sits in a tree lined valley with poor light even in good weather and strangely my house has no southern facing windows so I can't really use light from the windows to add enough light for indoor photography.

Matrixone