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The Business of Studio Photography is packed with proven strategies for starting a new studio or improving an existing one-and now this classic book has been thoroughly updated and revised for the new digital-imaging era. Expert advice on every aspect of running a studio is featured: location, financing, equipment, digital shooting, proofing, and ordering; marketing, Web advertising, public relations and self-promotion; pricing, negotiating with labs, selling to the wedding, portrait, school, commercial, and art photography markets; digital imaging, business plans, and more. Equipment checklists and sample business forms, plus full resource lists for websites, magazines, and books are included. The Business of Studio Photography is the complete one-stop guide to opening and running a successful photography studio.
Many people avoid photography as a hobby because they are concerned about its cost, although it doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive. That is why this article focuses on how to do lighting for your home photography studio cheaply and quickly. We’ll create a studio that doesn’t require any external fancy lighting, strobes, or those expensive soft boxes. If you just want to experiment with some still life photography, or even if you need to take some shots for your business, this article is perfect for you.
Of course, this will not give you professional quality pictures, but it will provide you with a good alternative to start exploring studio-like pictures. You can still get good background for your pictures, pictures with little shadows, and good, even light.
The simple studio we’ll construct utilizes a huge, inexpensive soft box and a seamless backdrop. You will need to collect the following materials:
A sunny day and a shady location (a porch will do)
A wall/table/chair/fence
A few inches of Duct tape (or just any tape)
A thick, A0 sized, sheet of paper (you can use polypropylene sheets because they are more durable and can be cleaned )
First, find a nice, shaded place on a clear, sunny day. Your porch is a good spot, and so is your back yard. Second, you will need a wall, or a chair or anything you can lean your professional backdrop (A.K.A. piece of paper) against. Third, tape the paper to the wall, table, chair, or fence and fasten it to the ground. And, voila! Your seamless backdrop is installed. All you need is a model.
Try varying the pictures by using several sheets of paper and polypropylene, each with a different color. This will give you instant multi-color backdrops.
Do some other experimenting with your still life studio. Now that you know how to do cheap lighting for your home photography studio, you can feel free to try different things and keep learning.
About the Author
Alain Baltazar’s pastime includes various aspects of photography, including basic techniques to more advanced studio management software.
Roy Lichtenstein in His Studio is a portfolio of vivid and engaging photographs by Laurie Lambrecht, who was an administrative assistant to Lichtenstein for three years. She and the artist worked together daily, and the bond between them is evid...
With its lush and diverse landscapes, ancient ruins, and stunning architecture, China is a photographer`s dream. Exploring this visually rich and evocative country, Photography and China highlights Chinese photographers and subjects from the inception of photography to the present day.Drawing on works in museums, and archival and private collections across China, the United States, Europe, and Australia, Claire Roberts locates images from commercial, art, and documentary photography within the broader context of Chinese history. She focuses on the images as well as the studios and individuals who created them, describing the long tradition of Chinese artistic culture into which photography was first absorbed and subsequently expanded. As she recounts the stories of practitioners?from China and overseas?who were agents in that process of change, she also examines the commercial, political, and artistic purposes for which they used photography. Featuring one hundred striking, little-known images, Photography and China will make a significant contribution to photography, Chinese art, and twentieth-century history.
