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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Photobooths - suggestions, advise and reccomendations Please! | |
I don't use that software so can't comment, but here is my physical setup:
http://krisquiroz.com/kq/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pb1.jpg
In use, it's all covered by a black upholstery cloth cover and just looks like a black tower with a monitor and a button. Here's my photobooth page with some sample images, and one (not so great) shot of the setup:
http://www.krisquiroz.com/photobooth/
(yeah, my website is not up to date. My clients are mostly by referral.)
Anyway, some extra detail:
- I built this a couple years ago and have improvements in mind and plan on making it smaller. Currently it's a 4 ft tall tower with a 15" square base. It's basically a bunch of shelves. Aluminum, so it's light weight. Easy to move with one person. I stick sandbags on a support that's under the base so it doesn't tip over.
- Camera is on a magic arm behind the monitor mount.
- I use these for the main light: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/878203-REG/Impact_sf_ae56_45W_AC_Master_Slave_Flash.html
- Maybe not that exact one, but yeah- any screw in bulb type deal that has a sync connection in the $20-$30 price range. Super cheap, and easy to have a backup on hand (I like redundancy). Though the one I've been using 3 years hasn't failed yet.... I always have a spare in my booth bag. No power adjustment, so I just adjust iso/aperture on camera. I usually end up ISO 1600-2500, but no biggie- it's a photo booth.
- My light setup is not efficient AT ALL- but it works great and looks like a soft ring flash. It sits behind the camera (yeah, the brightest spot of the flash is blocked by the camera body ), and then on either side of the camera I have white nylon to diffuse it. (Sorry, I don't have a front shot on this computer- will post one later).
- I use one of these as my actuator button: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VWU2WA
- Printer sits on middle shelf. I sized it so I could put in a giant fast printer if I wanted to, but in practice, I haven't found that I've needed to upgrade to one. So I'm running a smaller Hiti printer. Prints come out through a hole in the cloth cover.
- Laptop sits on bottom shelf to control it all.
When I get around to building the next version, I'll run it all off a tablet, and size the body for the smaller printer. Maybe a bit taller, but it doesn't need to be a 15" square base for my usage.
Edited on Oct 06, 2015 at 02:06 PM · View previous versions
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