New home studio (lights in a shed) build.

Hey Guys,
over the last month ive been building a small studio on a small bit of land to the side of my house.
Here are some pictures to show the progress so far.

The concrete base (6") went down, and the tongue and groove base has gone on top. It has been damp proofed and is raised for ventilation.

Wow. Great job, it looks like a lot of work!

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How ambitious! Looks like it's coming along.

Thanks,
Its getting there. Just got some filling to do, then painting.
I bought some nice wallpaper for one corner, and have now got all the light booms, lights and various modifiers ready to install.
Getting fairly stoked now.
Dino

How high is the ceiling?

Outstanding! I'll be following this thread closely. Thanks for sharing!!

Bryan

PixelMagic wrote in post #15094879
How high is the ceiling?

Thats my biggest bugbear, 6ft6in at the eaves going to about 8ft at the apex.
Just about doable, but its all that planning regs allow

Im 6ft and theres no problem with height at the curve end.

Dino

Tell you something though, you guys over the pond have it good when it comes to the cost of timber.
Bloody expensive over here.
Dino

Is that high enough for studio strobes? I image you'll be quite limited in where you can place lights.

Dino F wrote in post #15099264
Thats my biggest bugbear, 6ft6in at the eaves going to about 8ft at the apex.
Just about doable, but its all that planning regs allow

Im 6ft and theres no problem with height at the curve end.

Dino

Looks great. The wife wouldn't let me take over the garden...

What support is there under that curve? I want to install a curve in my studio (I rent a 7m x 6m room). I can put the timbers on the wall to affix the boards to, but just wondered about support in the curve. And is it hardboard you are using for the curve, walls and floor?

Thanks

Nice!! That gives me ideas!

As a thought,, if planning wouldn't allow you to go up, why not dig down a few feet and make a kind of sunken floor to give yourself more height?

PixelMagic wrote in post #15099296
Is that high enough for studio strobes? I image you'll be quite limited in where you can place lights.

Not too bad. The lights are on extending wall booms and can be swung in against the wall and raised or lowered as needed. When they are tucked away in the corners and pointed down at the curve they should light it up ok.

Bend The Light wrote in post #15099355
Looks great. The wife wouldn't let me take over the garden...

What support is there under that curve? I want to install a curve in my studio (I rent a 7m x 6m room). I can put the timbers on the wall to affix the boards to, but just wondered about support in the curve. And is it hardboard you are using for the curve, walls and floor?

Thanks

The curve is made up from 22mm ply, with the radius cut out, placed at 2ft apart and then 2"x2" batons screwed into them joining them up and together creating a curved ladder. Although its only covered with hardboard, its pretty strong.

Mike wrote in post #15102486
Nice!! That gives me ideas!

As a thought,, if planning wouldn't allow you to go up, why not dig down a few feet and make a kind of sunken floor to give yourself more height?

Nah, the ex missus is buried under it
Really though, i had a pond near it, and trying to dig down more than a foot deep is a nightmare. Also it would open up all kinds of damp issues.

Dino

Thanks for that...I think I am gonna save a few quid from my next few shoots...I really need a smooth wall and curve now to take my studio work to another level...

Hi, sorry for digging up an old thread. Can you please post pics of inside your studio? Looks good. Thanks!