Really cute girl.... or..... New camera bag!

11/21/2005 11:52:37 PM · #1

It all denpends on how you look at it. I had a fun 1 hour shoot with Kim today. Here are my favorite 4. All shot in my home-made studio wich used to be called the garage. :)

fotomann_forever

11/21/2005 11:54:56 PM · #2

The girl and the photography are very nice. Good work. Just curious... describe your "homemade" studio. I like to hear what people are using.

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS

11/22/2005 12:01:56 AM · #3

Sure, Leroy. Its a standard 2 car garage, 21X19' I think. The walls are OSB which my neighbors all helped me paint gloss white. Celing is white. I hung an airline cable across the longest wall on one side and from it suspended several backdrops that i can slide into or out of position. behind that i have another airline cable supporting a 9' roll of white paper, move bgs aside and paper is accessible. Lighting is 3 Alien Bees, 2 400s and an 800. 800 has 36X36 softbox, one 400 has umbrella and other 400 moves around, but usually bg light. I curtained off a 4X6 area for a changing space and have one full mirror and 4 chairs in there. besides that lots of storage for stuff.

I've only been collecting/assembling for ~2 years, I hear it gets worse! lol

This is still a part-time business for me. I have a full-time job, though I work from home, so the two fit nicely together.

The new camera bag is the gift I promised myself if this shoot earns enough to pay for it - 1/2 way there and no prints ordered yet. :)

Message edited by author 2005-11-22 00:25:03.

fotomann_forever

11/22/2005 12:25:37 AM · #4

Sounds like a great setup ... and once again good work with the cute girl ;-)

Firsty

Fujifilm X-E1

11/22/2005 01:54:48 AM · #5

how about a shot of your studio :)

re the photos

top left photo shows a strong crease in her neck... may need to support her shoulders up a little so she can tilt her head back to smooth it out

top right needs a little bounced light under the chin to tone down the shadow there

roadrunner

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

11/22/2005 02:11:02 AM · #6

lovely lovely work, i love the b/w the best....
im hoping to do a simialr set up very soon, but i can't use the garage < Ruby (the car) will kill me if i take her 'bedroom' away.> see she's an old girl and needs the shelter...
so im hoping to get some money together over the next few shoots to buy a 'garage' or something to which my hubby can assemble...
youv'e inspired me.. thanks..

11/22/2005 07:19:18 AM · #7

Would love to see pics of your 'studio.' I work from a room in the basement I use for set-up shots. Was working on converting the defunct Gallerage into all studio. The walls are already white...you said yours are GLOSS white? Do you ever shoot against the walls themselves without a backdrop?

Nice shots by the way!

Brenb

11/22/2005 07:21:24 AM · #8

Really nice shots Cindi and Kim's a very striking young lady. I really like the overhead shot.

11/22/2005 08:44:59 AM · #9

'Mornin guys. I'll try to take a few shots of the studio after I've had my tea. Its really been a labor of love but has come together nicely (so far). Still on my wish-list is a new floor (concrete gets so cold, even in Florida), and a seperate entrance so I don't have to scrub my house everytime a client comes over. .. Oh and always more studio props!! :)

11/22/2005 08:59:54 AM · #10

For the floor - in the 'Gallerage' (what was my garage) I built a frame for the floor out of 1x2's with panels the size of 2'x4'. In these I cut and put that styrofoam insulation board. Covered with plywood using screws. Floor never dips or sags, is completely insulated from the concrete, and I can heat the space in the winter with one electric baseboard type heater. Was not that expensive or difficult to do this either. I did it this way so if ever anyone wants to tear out the wall that hides the door and use it as a garage again, the floor comes out easily.

11/22/2005 09:12:35 AM · #11

Great idea for flooring, sounds warmer than what I have now!. ATM I've left the garage door functional because I find it easier to grab the leaf blower instead of the broom to clean the floors/shelves, and who knows.... someone might ask me to shoot a car sometime! lol

11/22/2005 09:19:57 AM · #12

Well, part of my criteria for building a wall inside the door was:
1) the truck does not fit through the door so can't use it as a garage anyway
2) gave that much more solid wall space for the gallery - 2 walls 14 x 8 feet of uninterrupted space.

If I decide to use it full time as a studio I was thinking of splitting one of these in half and painting one half black and the other white. Right now all walls are flat white. That is why I asked about you said yours were gloss.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

11/22/2005 09:23:05 AM · #13

Ah, I see. I painted mine gloss to help light bounce around better, but no, I've never shot directly on the walls. I think OSB is ugly. It does have a nice texture to it, so maybe in the right situation I'll use the walls. As for gallery, I have my entire office (in the house) covered in 8X10s in black frames & mats. Its the first thing clients see when they come in the front door.

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

11/22/2005 09:30:27 AM · #14

Originally posted by idnic:

... the leaf blower ...

Good for windy scenes! ;-)