Advice for Cosmetic Office Photo Room

I have been asked by one of my doctors' offices for recommendations on setting up a photo room for cosmetic before and after photos that will show the results of procedures like injectables, facial skin resurfacing, and body sculpting. They are building out a new space and will have a dedicated room just for taking the photos. I need recommendations on affordable and easy to use lighting that will give a good even light on the patient's face and body. The room will be 10' long x 7.5' wide. I am recommending a simple Canon T6 with an external power supply tethered to a laptop and a Canon 18-135 STM lens. The setup doesn't need to be portrait studio quality, just good enough to eliminate most shadows and not have hot spots on the skin. It also needs to be set up once and simple enough to operate for clinical staff.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

A ring flash. PCB possibly. Rather inexpensive.

I’ve shot an orthodontist’s office who did the same with a dedicated room and Canon DSLR and ring flash. Their results were poor. If they’re going through the trouble of building out a room, they will appreciate a Westcott Rapid Box Beauty Dish and Eyelighter reflector. Easy one light wireless clamshell setup with a Canon 600EX II. Also need a great lens, either 100mm Macro L or non-L. With different employees attempting photography, they’re going to need a no-brainer setup like this. For an office that relies on before-and-after photos with $1M-2M billing a year, the cost is chump change.

I thought about a beauty dish or a ring flash, but with the need to do full body shots as well as the head shots, I am not sure that would provide enough coverage.

Tiggity-T wrote in post #18913244
I thought about a beauty dish or a ring flash, but with the need to do full body shots as well as the head shots, I am not sure that would provide enough coverage.

Rent one and try. You’ll be surprised. You mentioned shadowless pics.

A ring-flash will do that. A BD will leave shadows and you’ll have limited coverage.

Sorry, I thought you meant close body shots, not full body. For full body, i think they will need two lights or one very large modifier for simplicity. In that case, I would recommend a 6’ or 7’ octadome with 400-600W strobe to shoot everything. This will give them “pleasing” even light for documentation purposes. Yet, it keeps photographic training to a minimum.

Paint the wall behind the camera white and blast two lights (left and right of the camera) into the wall. The lights will need to be a little in front of the camera, but as long as you flag them even slightly, there is no better way to create a large light source in a small room.

And make no mistake, 10x7 is a small space to get full body shots.