New studio setup

A professional photographer friend and myself are setting up a studio in my Shop. I have a 26x46 shop that I do not really use for anything. Anyway we are also starting a local photography club to help inspire more people and teach some work shops etc... So far here is what we have setup.

4 backdrops different colors all on cable systems.
Paper roll back drop as well (Sky Blue)
2 White Lightning 10,000 Flash strobes with Modeling lights.
1 White Lightning 5,000 flash Strobe with modeling lights
2 Photogenic 600 strobe/modeling lights
8 Manfrotto stands various sizes
2 Salon stands with Bogen Ball heads
52" Gold/White Lite disc
3 shoot through umbrellas
1 silver umbrella
Various stools

Also we have 2 computers to control our cameras remotely with a mounted projector to project the images as they are taken etc.. Don't see us using this much.
Have a light box for small projects too.

The list of wishes is long still but this should be a fun project and hope to learn lots through this. Also get some more like minded people interested in photography.

Here is a pic or 2 of the setup so far.

thats really cool!

Thanks

I have a thing for studios i just have a very small product shot set up right now but always changing the way it looks.

My first reacion was "yumm."

A boom is badly missing in that set-up though, i love booms

Csae wrote in post #13162419
My first reacion was "yumm."

A boom is badly missing in that set-up though, i love booms

Yes a boom is on the wishlist. But we have to start somewhere and build on it. I have some ideas for soft boxes mounted on swingable arms from the ceiling etc... sorta do the same thing as a boom. It will come eventually.

Boom is great, but until you can get one, you can actually set up a C-stand and throw a light on the end of that and put it up over the backdrop if you need a direct back-lit or hair light. I find that you can never have too many C-stands! See how David Mecey sets up his shoots, but even Hanson Fong finds a way for that air light. Pre-C-stand in our studio when he taught here we just lowered the backdrop a bit and got our regular stand at max height and did a tighter shot on a head shot. You can learn more tips and tricks from these guys at our CaliforniaPhotoFestiva​l.com in October! Samys camera Santa Barbara is giving discounts on ll of the gear there during the week as well.

The money for two Salon stands at $1000.00 - $2000.00 apiece could have gone a long way for other equipment. I'm assuming they are something that your partner already had.

Pinto wrote in post #13162699
The money for two Salon stands at $1000.00 - $2000.00 apiece could have gone a long way for other equipment. I'm assuming they are something that your partner already had.

All the equipment except the 3 White lightnings are stuff which was already had by both of us. The Solon stands are fabricated copies. Handy when you have friends as fabricators 1000.00`s were not spent LOL!!!

Nice studio setup

I would love to have a studio like that. Congratulations and best of luck!

Thank you all. I am truly very excited and very lucky to have such a great space to work in. I will post up some shots when I get some practice in

First Photo shoot went well. Had a volunteer model who was really great to work with. She was very patient. Anyway here is a couple pics from the session. Not to happy with the sharpness need to work on it a bit more.

Used a Bamboo curtain as a backdrop which I kinda liked as a backdrop.

is there any specific reason why you shout at f22?

Not sure actually? Was trying to get nice sharp images. I have lots to learn yet I have other images which did not seem to turn out very well with a wider open apature. DOF was nice but just didn't seem to work well. Lots to figure out with all the studio lighting still.

What are you thinking?