Lets build a studio

Ok on 31st Jan we will own this house. Wife said the garage is mine so lets build a studio.

Here is what we have to work with so..... its in 9mtrs long by 6mtrs wide

The first job will be to waterbalst the floor and cut the cladding on the window wall

I thought of using the conceret wall as the area to hang the backdrops

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the other 2 walls. Woops 17mm

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weka2000 wrote in post #2617748
Ok on 31st Jan we will own this house. Wife said the garage is mine so lets build a studio.

Here is what we have to work with so..... its in 9mtrs long by 6mtrs wide

The first job will be to waterbalst the floor and cut the cladding on the window wall

I thought of using the conceret wall as the area to hang the backdrops

What is the height? Often this is the most challenging dimension.

Also, what is "cladding"?

Enjoy! Lon

Wow, Tony! I'm envious. Now you can take all sorts of great portraits for the G&N section.

Hi Tony. Nice space.
No.. don't use the concrete wall for your backdrops, you need the length, and the height in the middle for hair lights.
If you are shooting a standing model she (He doesn't shoot children, men or pets) should be about 2 m from the BG. If you have a 6 m length this means you will only be 4 m away. I have 6 m in my studio (Living room) and on my 1.6 crop camera a 50 mm lens results in some cropping.
I wish I had so much room for a studio. Look foreward to following your progress.

londuck wrote in post #2617792
What is the height? Often this is the most challenging dimension.

Also, what is "cladding"?

Enjoy! Lon

8ft at highest pitch. Cladding stuff on the walls.

The height (or lack thereof) is going to make it tough to shoot standing adults. You could probably make it work for seated subjects or children.

Curtis N wrote in post #2617973
The height (or lack thereof) is going to make it tough to shoot standing adults. You could probably make it work for seated subjects or children.

Um maybe need to lift the pitch of the roof then. How hard can it be
Oh I need to get a single bed as prop for my models, as well as a few other
props

8 foot is kinda low, but you can work with it. Looks like you got plenty of room to build a great setup!

Im working with 15-16 foot height. We have a rented warehouse which we use for work, but it just happend to double as my studio on the weekends.

I do however think the length of the studio is more important, and it looks like thats what you have. 8 foot can be hard to work with depending on the types of light modifiers you like to use, for example a large softbox would be a limmited setup due to height.

weka2000 wrote in post #2617978
Um maybe need to lift the pitch of the roof then. How hard can it be

Other option is to go down. Start digging mate!:p
The main problem with that is when you go to sell & someone drives into their garage & falls into a hole with their new car... they might not be happy.

OTOH. You wouldn't need to waterblast & clean the current concrete floor!

Looks pretty good Tony, Im sure you can make a big hole in the roof for a soft box

Let me know when you need a hand, I'll come and take some photos of you working.....
I also have a nearly full tub of stopping compound that I have very little use for any more.

Glad to think that I am not the only one thinking that "sunlight would be a great addition" Sun roof and shutters on remote. that way you get some of the true daylight lighting.

weka2000 wrote in post #2617938
8ft at highest pitch. Cladding stuff on the walls.

An 8 foot ceiling is going to be a real constraint for a general purpose studio for photographing adult humans.

Four or five more rows of block?

I realize more rows of block would be a grand amount of pain, but with nothing in the garage, the pain could be easiest to accommodate now.

Enjoy! Lon

Oh well it is 1 ft more than I have had so better make the most of it.

I was thinking of wood type flooring and some carpet. Was going to use gib (plasterboard) for the walls but if lenght is more important them I need another idea. Backdrops on stands?

weka2000 wrote in post #2620446
Oh well it is 1 ft more than I have had so better make the most of it.

I was thinking of wood type flooring and some carpet. Was going to use gib (plasterboard) for the walls but if lenght is more important them I need another idea. Backdrops on stands?

Build a false wall & use the area behind for storage.
Stands aren't as good as multiple paper rolls on a permanently mounted hanger with chains to roll them up or down. I have stands & it is a pain to change backdrops.

You don't want carpet in your shooting area, but around it is OK i guess.