Thanks everyone for the comments.

I'll be investing in a hefty backdrop and backdrop holder in the very near future. :)

It will pay itself off 1000x over.

I'd like to eventually try to attempt photos like these:

Photo courtesy of my good friend Britt McTammany:

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...hotos/1600.jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_G_CwE6e8Hng/...I/s1600/06.jpg