Sentence examples for standard backdrop from inspiring English sources

A 'standard pack' alone costs around £40 which seems pretty excessive for an awkward shot against the standard backdrop that you probably had for school photos.

The Victorians favored plaster columns and tree trunks as props for their subjects, with woodland scenery sketched behind; studio photographers since the 50's have relied on sheets of mottled paper as the standard backdrop, with carpeted stairs as a perch.

While preparing for an address on the economy last year, the university's event staff honored the White House advance staff's request to cover some Georgetown University signage and symbols to provide a standard backdrop of American flags, consistent with other policy speeches.

Mr. Wilde avoids the sentimental pictorialism that overwhelms so many movies shot on the African continent: the landscape is not the standard "spectacular backdrop" but a living, dangerous presence, buzzing with constant struggle.

Most of Majak's portraits are captured against a standard grey backdrop, allowing the women's colorful ensembles and ritual implements to stand out.

Recent shots, like those in his book "Bad Behavior" (Rizzoli, 2000) have a twist: his subjects transform the standard paper backdrops with paint and scissors, allowing themselves to participate in the process.

WHEN -- Alternate Thursdays at 8 p.m. WHAT -- Jazz, funk, zydeco and standards against a backdrop of the historic harbor and the Bridgeport ferry.

That has lured some city dwellers to take the plunge on a getaway home, even as economic worries, snowstorms and tighter lending standards provided a chilling backdrop for the real estate market this winter.

As in David Byrne's 2013 spectacle about Imelda Marcos, "Here Lies Love," politics, in the later scenes of Miranda's work, is just another backdrop to the standard narrative of a man being undone by a lady.

The whole colonial adventure is merely a colourful backdrop for a standard period melodrama about the two tragic loves of Bell's life.

The two men sat in front of a backdrop that featured the standard Italian football banner: a blue curtain crammed with the logos of every Serie A sponsor.