Seamless white paper
I finally got around to purchasing a couple of rolls of seamless paper to use as photography backgrounds. Let me just say that getting them delivered to Fairbanks was painful (mostly due to the cost!). After shopping around and finding the prices from all vendors very comparable, I ordered from B & H. The paper comes in a large roll—9 feet wide—with a length of 36 feet. The cost is $43.99 per roll, and shipping it to Fairbanks is $40 per roll (no significant discount for purchasing more than one roll and shipping them together).
In response to the sticker shock for shipping, I opted to build a homemade stand rather than purchasing one.
Here are my first results:
I should mention that even with the white background paper and good lighting it still takes me about 30 minutes in Photoshop to create a perfectly isolated image.