Amazon Patent Shows Common Seamless Background Lighting Technique

Amazon Patent Shows Common Seamless Background Lighting Technique: Is Amazon attempting to patent an age old photography lighting technique? A recently published patent seems to suggest that, and it’s getting some photographers up in arms.

Multiple readers have sent us (rather angry and bewildered) tips about the patent, which was first reported on by Shoot the Centerfold. The document itself was published on March 18, 2014, is titled “Studio Arrangement,” and features the diagram above showing a lighting setup.

Here’s the description of the patent: