Has anyone ever had any luck using a realtor to help them find a location? And if you have, what do you ask them? Or were you able to use any websites to research places and again, what did you look for?
Here is my current setup:
Nikon D50
SB-600
50mm f/1.8
18-55mm Kit Lens
My friend and I are both very much into photography. Part of apartment wil be dedicated for photography. That area is 10' x 14'. We are mainly going to be doing glamour shots. All natural light from the windows will be controlled (We have a projector that requires the ability to control the light).
What kind of setup woud everyone suggest?
I was thinking a pair of AB400s. Or even doing setups out of speedflashes (like www.strobist.com for easy moving it).
BlueEyesPhoto wrote:
Has anyone ever had any luck using a realtor to help them find a location? And if you have, what do you ask them? Or were you able to use any websites to research places and again, what did you look for?
I contacted a realtor once. But she didn't even return my email.
The type of space and it's location will depend upon the type of photography you want to do.
Many photographers where I live use commercial/warehouse type space. Check your local realtors to see if they have available spaces listed on their web sites.
Thanks all you studio owners or renters for the wonderful info and pics. Its really humbling to see how much there is still to learn about photography. I should show some of my naive friends, who ask "what's the big deal about photography .. buy a high-end camera and you get nice pictures."
saaketham wrote:
Thanks all you studio owners or renters for the wonderful info and pics. Its really humbling to see how much there is still to learn about photography. I should show some of my naive friends, who ask "what's the big deal about photography .. buy a high-end camera and you get nice pictures."
When they do that, I hand them my camera and say, "Well, show me then!"
Bazil83 - the brolly box is more like a shoot thru umbrella without all the spill. I think it's a little softer because, since light can't escape out the back, the whole front area illuminates and makes for a larger light source.
When looking for space to rent I contacted several realtors. Most never returned my calls, the others were less than cooperative. I ended up renting space from the building's owner - a wonderfully nice older gentlemen. I couldn't have a better landlord.
Yup, it is about a 1/20th scale model, and the reflection is real too, I had a shiney jet black peice of acrylic beneath it. I have shot this model probably a dozen times before with different lighting and backgrounds, and just never got it how I wanted it to look before this. And I'll probably still shoot it some more in the future! I posted it on another forum and a friend suggested getting together with another person (photographer) who's wife has a large model doll collection and doing some car magazine type shots.
Garyroach,
I have about 270 sq/ft of empty space I can rent you. Looks just like my studio only without the wall in the middle of the room and a bit more narrow. Your's for the low price of $350 a month!
Edited by Matthew Chase on Oct 02, 2006 at 11:15 AM GMT
krieves wrote:
Bazil83 - the brolly box is more like a shoot thru umbrella without all the spill. I think it's a little softer because, since light can't escape out the back, the whole front area illuminates and makes for a larger light source.
Ah yes, I thought as much. Think I might pick up a couple as my refletive silver ones don't always give off the nicest and even lighting. Found a 40" one from a regular seller that I trust, would be nice to find a 60" though.
Well, I finally got my backdrop support up. And now I have a question for you guys......
I want to weight the bottom edge of the seamless paper. It is 107" seamless (3 rolls). Are there off the shelf wieghted bars or do I need to invent something? I was thinking of either two strips of wood or two flat aluminum bars that would clamp the bottom edge of the sheet with screws to sandwich the paper between the two pieces.
Excellent work Ken! Would you mind sharing any technical details for these shots? Thanks for posting.
I've used weights from my exercise equipment at the bottom curve on both sides of the paper out of frame to help steady the paper when using a fan. They were handy and worked reasonably well. I guess if you wanted to steady the paper even more you could use stands with clamps attached to the sides of the paper. The front edge I always tape down.
Ken, just goes to show that even less expensive lights and stands (Alien Bee and Amvona stands and light boxes) can produce some really stunning photographs. Can't wait to see more from you.
KPV-1Ds wrote:
Well, I finally got my backdrop support up. And now I have a question for you guys......
I want to weight the bottom edge of the seamless paper. It is 107" seamless (3 rolls). Are there off the shelf wieghted bars or do I need to invent something? I was thinking of either two strips of wood or two flat aluminum bars that would clamp the bottom edge of the sheet with screws to sandwich the paper between the two pieces.
Thank you for the compliments guys!
Other than Gary's response, though, I haven't received any input to weighting the bottom edge of the paper. Any ideas?
Ken... great shoots. As for weighing down the backdrops... I've done a few things.
1) On my cement floor I've used a little gaffers tape.
2) Workout ankle weights
3) Cut up some old jeans I was going to through away and filled a set of bags with buckshot and put it in the cut off leg and sewed in a zipper (so I could adjust the weight if needed). This is nice because they work as weights anywhere, anytime.
I've had friends use the bar above and it works pretty good too. I've also heard of several people just getting two pieces of lath (don't know if I spelled that right) and just put through a set of screws on one side of the lath and put holes through the other piece of lath. From there they used a butterfly (finger screw) nut to hold the two pieces of lath together on the paper. I first heard this from Silverlake Photo (they make backgrounds) on their website. I think they have a diagram of that setup there.
