Post your studio design

[rawryder]

why not sharing our studio equipments..
we can learn from others..

let me post some question ..

- what light you use? what brand? continous, flash, natural ....etc
- how many flashes you have ?
- what other things you use with the light ? ex. umberella, softbox...
- what kind of background you use? wall, canvas, roll system ...etc
- what color you use for your background?
- what is your printer ?
- what camera you use ?
- what lense you use for shooting photos inside the studio ?
- what other things youu have and it's important for you ?
- how much did you spend on your studio ?
- is your studio a commercial or for fun ?
- do you gain profit, or you spend that profit on more props ?
- what are the things you need to have it in the studio ? bznz card, papers,printer, .. etc
- what is you NEXT planning for your studio ?
- other comment on your studio ?

[rawryder]

- what light you use? what brand? continous, flash, natural ....etc

i bought a cont light , from this website.
first when i bought it i didn't know that it's a cont light i thought it's a flash. i have the same as in the website. instead of the upper light.
http://www.skaeser.com/servlet/the-647/**PRO-5-dsh-LIGHT-CONTINUOUS-LIGHTING/Detail

- how many flashes you have ?

as shown in the website

- what other things you use with the light ? ex. umberella, softbox...

umberella, two soft box, barndoors, light modifier

- what kind of background you use? wall, canvas, roll system ...etc

i have a 4 roll system, also i want to use wallpaper for babies shot

- what color you use for your background?

white, black, chrome key, grey

- what is your printer ?

epson R2400

- what camera you use ?

Nikon D200

- what lense you use for shooting photos inside the studio ?

i don't have a specific one, am planning to buy one but i don't know what to buy

- what other things youu have and it's important for you ?

i have little props i bought it from websites and some cloths for the customers, also i bought thing from IKEA, it's important to me to buy more props

- how much did you spend on your studio ?


about 3000 dollar or more

- is your studio a commercial or for fun ?

commercial

- do you gain profit, or you spend that profit on more props ?

i didn't start it yet, but i think i will spend it on props until i have a large collection

- what are the things you need to have it in the studio ? bznz card, papers,printer, .. etc

bznz card, table, printer papers, ink

- what is you NEXT planning for your studio ?

to open it, then i will change the place of it, i would like to open it in a mall

- other comment on your studio ?

before i had a site i think it's my fairy tails prop, it has lovely props but they colse it why ?? does any one knows it

[rawryder]

First thanks for replying
OMG.. first off, PLEASE use a standard size font, I am not 12 years old, nor are most of the users here... lol

no need to talk like this, if you don't like my font it's your problem

- what lense you use for shooting photos inside the studio ?
First it spelled LENS,

what is your problem ? what will happen if i wrote a wrong word, i forget to add the S


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about me am planning to be a pro photographic thats why i need information from other member, so other can learn.
in my country we don't have a rent photography but i think if we had it will be expensive

but thanks for adding the LENSES name because am planning to buy a new one.
i will soon post my studio design :)

[jerryph]

why not sharing our studio equipments..
we can learn from others..

let me post some question ..

How about if I just place an equipment list here:

Bodies:
- Nikon D700 w/MB-D10 battery grip, 2 EN-EL3 and 1 EN-EL4 batteries
- Nikon D200 w/MB-D200 battery grip. 2 EN-EL3 batteries
- Nikon E8800 (point and shoot) and 2 batteries
- Nikon F2A (film)

Lenses:
- Nikkor 70-200mm EF ID F/2.8
- Nikkor 24-70mm EF ID F/2.8
- Nikkor 14-24mm EF ID F/2.8 (coming soon!)
- Nikkor 85mm F/1.4
- Nikkor 18-200mm VR F/3.5-5.6
- Nikkor 50mm F/1.8 prime
- Sigma 105mm F/2.8 prime
- Sigma 50mm F/1.4 prime
- Sigma 30mm F/1.4 prime
- Sigma 18-50mm F/2.8
- Sigma 10-20mm Ultra Wide Angle
- Sigma 15mm F/2.8 Fisheye

Lighting:
- One Metz C-45 flash
- One Nikon SB-800 flash
- One Nikon SB-80DX
- Two Nikon SB-600 flashes
- Two 120v 150W/s studio strobes
- Seven light stands
- Two 42" umbrellas (silver bounce style)
- Four 45" umbrellas (white bounce/shoot through style)
- 28 inch Apollo softbox
- 50 inch Apollo softbox
- Boom arm and 40" dual sided reflector that sits on a lightstand
- One Photogenic 2500DR (1,000W/s) studio head and accessories like grids, reflectors, gels, diffusers, etc...

Misc:
- Three different styles/kinds of tripods and two monopods.
- Four SanDisk Extreme IV 8GB CF cards
- fourty-four Energizer 2650mah rechargeable batteries for flashes and remote triggers
- One Alien Bee Vagabond II battery pack with home and car chargers.
- Laptop with external 1 Terrabyte hard drive and CF card reader (I off load my pics from the cards often)
- Various sizes of custom made foamcore bounce cards (3" to 11" in height)
- Cactus V2s, 9 receivers and 3 transmitters (modified for reliable functionality over 350 ft)
- 3 Pocket Wizard Plus II trigger/receiver(2 more coming soon)
- one medium grey 4X8 foldable Botero background
- hundreds of different coloured gels
- 4 DIY sandbags to hold the lightstands and boom arm in place

I am sure that I am forgetting several things... but that said, I want to share an opinion (my opinion) about studios... I find them boring after a short while.

It's fun the first 10 times, but after that it gets old very fast. Instead of an indoor studio, I prefer to take my models/subjects outside. This makes for more creative possibilities with far nicer (IMHO), results.

One cannot get results like this in a studio:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3783658186_fb2f2f0b8c.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/3852020913_46637aaba6.jpg

Sure, a studio has it's place, and there are some times that it is indispensable, but I just have SO MUCH more fun outside those 4 walls than I ever do inside. My only exceptions are when it is raining or like here in Canada, really cold... thats when I pull out the membership to the local "rent a studio" and shoot indoors during those days that its cold, snowy or wet. :)

[jerryph]

I deleted my message, but I do want to reply...


First thanks for replying
OMG.. first off, PLEASE use a standard size font, I am not 12 years old, nor are most of the users here... lol

no need to talk like this, if you don't like my font it's your problem
It's not just my problem. If you want people to answer, format your messages in a manner that makes it easy for them, that is all that I meant. :)


- what lense you use for shooting photos inside the studio ?
First it spelled LENS,

what is your problem ? what will happen if i wrote a wrong word, i forget to add the S

No one does more typos than me... but I also read the word "lense" so many times and people think that this is how it is spelled... it's a pet peeve of mine, nothing more.

Portraiture is a lot less stringent on lenses than say wedding photography, and in general you want to avoid wide angle lenses (for good results anything under 70mm). Anything under that and you are introducing distortions. Matter of fact, I would not suggest using anything under 100mm for pro portraiture results. Your studio will have to be larger than 20X20 feet and at least 10 feet high (higher is better, and it is an advantage if it is a place like a warehouse with 14 foot ceilings that are painted flat back).

Equipment... concerning lenses, as a general rule, expect to spend 2-3 dollars for ever dollar you spend on a camera. Good lenses are the key to good photography.

Knowledge... even before you consider all of this, if you do not have the basics of photography mastered, you are wasting your time and money on expensive equipment opening a studio. I do not need a $3000 studio and $5000 in camera equipment to learn the basics. I am very firm on the concept that a professional must be able to talk ISO, aperture, shutter speed and high end lighting techniques at the advanced level as easily as they can recite the alphabet in their sleep BEFORE opening a business.

I see so many BAD photographers out there in business and that angers me. They are out there for the money not for the love of the art, and trust me, it shows in their results.