Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word blackdrop.

Examples

  • Honored in their day, not unremembered by a few solitary students of the past, their memories are going sweetly to sleep in the arms of the patient old dry-nurse, whose "blackdrop" is the never-failing anodyne of the restless generations of men.

    Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • Honored in their day, not unremembered by a few solitary students of the past, their memories are going sweetly to sleep in the arms of the patient old dry-nurse, whose "blackdrop" is the never-failing anodyne of the restless generations of men.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • I set up a black muslin backdrop, bounced my 580 EX II, had the subjects stand 8 feet in front of the blackdrop, and tried several tricks, but everytime the creases in the backdrop was visible in the portraits, unless I really zoomed in and covered up most of the frame with the subject (s).

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010

  • I set up a black muslin backdrop, bounced my 580 EX II, had the subjects stand 8 feet in front of the blackdrop, and tried several tricks, but everytime the creases in the backdrop was visible in the portraits, unless I really zoomed in and covered up most of the frame with the subject (s).

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.