Studios

I’ve always enjoyed taking pictures and I’m pretty good at it. I was thinking of setting up a room in my home as a little studio. I don’t want to go w/ anything expensive right now but I’d like to know about what lighting I can get to take professional looking pictures. Do I HAVE to get these particular lighting at a photography store or can I use something else. What type of bulbs would be good to use? Thanks!

If you want to go cheap, you can just use regular lamps. What matters is where you put them, and having enough to produce the amount of light YOU want. I use the lamp from my living room and take the shade off. Bulbs don’t really matter either as long as your white balance is set correctly and you’re using the same kind of bulb in each lamp.

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Studio safety can be improved by the careful positioning of cords, stands, lights and booms. Learn about studio safety in this free video on studio equipment for photography.

Expert: Scott Vallance
Bio: Scott Vallance is the owner of VIP Photographic.com.
Filmmaker: julio costilla

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A single bounced light in studio photography offers many options. Be creative bouncing light with expertise from a professional photographer in this free photography video.

Expert: Anthony Camera
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Bio: Anthony Camera has been a professional photographer for over twenty years.
Filmmaker: KT! Eaton

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Photography tutorial on edge lighting reflective objects for separation in conjunction with the large format 4×5 view camera class for professional photography students at the Art Institute of Colorado. The video covers the principle of angle of incidence equals angle of reflection.

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This is a quick video demonstrating the effect of shutter speed (up to 1/250th of a second) on Flash photography (in side (studio or house)
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In a darkened studio, shutter speed doesnt come into play with flash pictures. When you take the flash out of the studio, however, adjusting the shutter speed is often necessary to match the flash exposure to the background.

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Memphis based photographer, Kevin Charles Schmidt gives you a behind the scenes look at an everyday location family portrait session.

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Watch this overview of detailed white balancing using degrees Kelvin with expert photography tips from a professional photographer in this free online photography instructional video clip.

Expert: Rob Mitchell
Bio: Rob Mitchell has been shooting fashion for more than 15 years, having worked with some of the countrys top models and magazines.
Filmmaker: Rob Mitchell

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Moved into a new house and my room is huge. I’ve been planning for a while now to make a small studio in my room, what would I need? Backdrop, lighting lamps, and what else? What variations of backdrops should I use? And what’s the basic lamp I would need? I have a small window so there’s not much light, and the lightbulb I have is really weak and gives everything an orange tint. Any suggestions?

For backdrops you can use bedspreads or sheets or for small still life shots poster board. If you have a North facing window that is great for natural light. For lighting, if you are on a budget you can get a photo flood bulb from any drug store or hardware store. If you have got some money to work with you can get a 2 light studio kit with stands and bulbs for around $125. Also you will need a tripod, and if you going to do portraits you will need a stool for your subj to sit on, I use a bar stool and seems top work out pretty good. Also a large poster board(white) to use a reflector,, to open up shadows.

How to make and take modern style portraits at home without the use of expensive studio equipment. The photoshop side of this technique was published in the June 2007 edition of Digital Photo Magazine. www.photoanswers.co.uk

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