Its motorized and I guess the muslin is too light(though, it is a thick heavy handpainted muslin vs ones that feel like sheets) and they wind up wrong. The canvases do fine. I am about to sell off some backdrops again and go with large thunder gray paper, white paper, my favorite tan muslin(which gives me fits) and the one cream canvas.

I just bought three flex out backgrounds, that will be incredible for traveling. Next purchase is a gray style roll out floor to use with them. I like my life to be easy. Easy is very very good.

Have you tried the backdrop weights that attach to the end of the backdrop?

Right now, I have 9' rolls of Gray, Red, Black, White and Blue paper along with a mottle gray muslin, a burnt orange-ish muslin and some fabric BGs that I've used in small spaces.

I like purples for black/blues and black/silvers.

I love this - it is a wonderful and welcoming pose of such a very attentive subject. The background is very complimentary to your lovely dog.

Yep Julie knows... love me some Thunder Gray. (And #12 Savage Focus Grey, but I can't get it shipped here.)